Gyeongin Line

Gyeongin Line
Overview
Native name 경인선(京仁線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail
Commuter rail
Status Operational
Locale Seoul
Gyeonggi
Incheon
Termini Guro
Incheon
Stations 21
Line number 301 (KR)
Operation
Opened 18 September 1899 (1899-09-18)
Owner Korea Rail Network Authority
Operator(s) Korail
Technical
Line length 27.0 km (16.8 mi)
Number of tracks Double track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV/60 Hz AC Overhead lines
Route map
Legend
Gyeongbu Line
0.0 Guro
Gyeongbu Line
National Route 1

 1.4 Guil
 2.4 Gaebong
 3.7 Oryu-dong
 For Gyeonggi Chemical
 National Route 46
 5.6 Onsu
↑Seoul/Bucheon↓
 6.9 Yeokgok
 8.4 Sosa
 9.5 Bucheon
 National Route 39
 Former Gimpo Line
 11.2 Jung-dong
 12.2 Songnae
 Seoul Ring Expressway
 ↑Bucheon/Incheon↓
 13.4 Bugae
 14.9 Bupyeong  1 
 16.6 Baegun
 18.1 Dongam
 19.3 Ganseok
 20.5 Juan
 Gyeongin Expressway
 21.5 Dohwa
 Former Juin Line
 22.5 Jemulpo
 23.9 Dowon
 25.1 Dongincheon (Former Sangincheon)[1]
For Port of Incheon
27.0 Incheon terminus
Gyeongin Line
Hangul 경인선
Hanja 京仁線
Revised Romanization Gyeong-in-seon
McCune–Reischauer Kyŏng-in-sŏn

The Gyeongin Line (Gyeonginseon) is a subway line in South Korea, currently connecting Guro Station in Seoul and Incheon. Originally South Korea's first railway, it has been converted to a metro line forming a major part of the Seoul Subway Line 1.

History

Opening ceremony in 1899

The Gyeongin Line was the first railway line built on the Korean peninsula. It was opened between Noryangjin, on the shore of the Han River across from Seoul, Geumchon, in Incheon, on September 18, 1899.[2] Soon after, the line was extended across the Han River into Seoul Station, and beyond Geumchon to the port of Incheon. When the construction of the Gyeongbu Line was completed from Busan to Guro on January 1, 1905, the Seoul-Guro section of the Gyeongin Line became part of the Gyeongbu Line.[2] The remaining Gyeongin Line from Guro to Incheon is 27.0 km (16.8 mi) long.[2]

Following the 1961 coup, the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction started South Korea's first five-year plan, which included a construction program to complete the railway network, to foster economic growth.[3] As part of the program, from November 1963, two additional tracks were laid to the north of the existing tracks from Yeongdeungpo Station on the Gyeongbu Line to Dongincheon Station.[3] The 27.8 km (17.3 mi) of new tracks, also called Gyeonginbuk Line, entered service on September 18, 1965.[3]

The line was among the first in South Korea to be electrified with the 25 kV/60 Hz AC catenary system, when two tracks over the 38.9 km (24.2 mi) between Seoul and Incheon entered service on August 15, 1974, for the Seoul Subway Line 1.[4] Electrification of the second two tracks started with the 14.9 km (9.3 mi) from Guro to Bupyeong, which went into service on January 29, 1999.[4] The 5.6 km (3.5 mi) until Juan followed on March 15, 2002, and the final 6.6 km (4.1 mi) on December 21, 2005.[4]

Operation

Korail operated regular passenger service along the Gyeongin Line until the electrification of the line in the early 1970s, when passenger service was integrated into Seoul Subway Line 1. Line 1 trains using the Gyeongin Line provide up to ten trains an hour per direction, with services towards Guro, Cheongnyangni, Dongmyo, Seongbuk, Chang-dong, Uijeongbu, Yangju, Dongducheon and Soyosan.[5]

See also


References

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  1. ↑ Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p 483
  2. 1 2 3 "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  3. 1 2 3 "철마 110년, 영고의 자취 [12] 경제개발과 철도" (in Korean). Silvernet News. 2010-03-20. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  4. 1 2 3 "Electricity Almanac 2009" (PDF). Korea Electric Association. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  5. ↑ "Timetable (Incheon)". SMRTC. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
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