Gyeongnam Line

The Gyeongnam Line was a railway line of the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) of colonial-era Korea, located in South Gyeongsang Province.

Gyeongnam Line
Overview
Native name경남선 (慶南線)
TypeHeavy rail, Regional rail
Passenger/Freight
StatusMerged (see text)
LocaleSouth Gyeongsang
TerminiMasan
Jinju
Stations14
Operation
Opened1923–1925
OwnerChōsen Southern Railway (1923)
Chōsen Railway (1923–1931)
Operator(s)Sinheung Railway;
Chōsen Railway
Technical
Line length66.9 km (41.6 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
Sentetsu Masan Line
Sentetsu Masanhang Line
0.0
 Masan
6.3
 Jungni
13.5
 Sanin
17.5
 Haman
26.3
 Gunbuk
29.9
 Wonbuk
35.7
 Pyeongchon
40.3
 Jinju-Sumokwon
42.1
 Banseong
48.0
 Jinseong
51.0
 Galcheon
57.0
 Nammunsan
62.2
 Gaeyang
66.9
 Jinju

History

On 13 July 1918, the privately owned Chōsen Southern Railway was granted a concession to build a railway line from Songjeongni (now Gwangju Songjeong) to Masan, but it wasn't until June 1922 that work on the first section, from Masan to Jinju, began. The line was not yet opened when the Chōsen Southern Railway merged with five other privately owned railways to create the Chōsen Railway on 1 September 1923;[1] it was only three months after the merger, on 1 December 1923, that the first section, 24.8 km (15.4 mi) from Masan to Gunbuk, was opened, under the name Gyeongnam Line. The remaining 40.6 km (25.2 mi) section to Jinju was opened on 15 June 1925. On 1 April 1931, the state-owned Chōsen Government Railway bought the Gyeongnam Line, merging it with its own Masan Line to create the Gyeongjeon Nambu Line running from Samnangjin to Jinju.

Route
慶南線 - 경남선 - Keinan Line - Gyeongnam Line
DistanceStation name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections
0.0 0.0 Masan Masan 마산 馬山 Sentetsu Masan Line,
Sentetsu Masanhang Line
6.3 6.3 Jungni Chūri 중리 中里
13.5 7.2 San'in Sanjin 산인 山仁
17.5 4.0 Ham'an Kan'an 함안 咸安
26.3 8.8 Gunbuk Gunboku 군북 郡北
29.9 3.6 Wonbuk Enboku 원북 院北
35.7 5.8 Pyeongchon Heison 평촌 坪村
40.3 4.6 Jinju-Sumokwon Shinshū-Jumokuon 진주수목원 晉州樹木園
42.1 1.8 Banseong Hansei 반성 班城
48.0 5.9 Jinseong Shinsei 진성 晉城
51.0 3.0 Galcheon Kasson 갈촌 葛村
57.0 6.0 Nammunsan Nanbunsan 남문산 南文山
62.2 5.2 Gaeyang Kaiyō 개양 開陽
66.9 4.7 Jinju Shinshū 진주 晉州
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References
  1. Establishment of the Chosen Railway, Dong-A Ilbo, 3 September 1923 (in Korean)
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