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 name	경남선 (慶南線)
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail Passenger/Freight
Status	Merged (see text)
Locale	South Gyeongsang
Termini	Masan Jinju
Stations	14
Operation
Opened	1923–1925
Owner	Chōsen Southern Railway (1923) Chōsen Railway (1923–1931)
Operator(s)	Sinheung Railway; Chōsen Railway
Technical
Line length	66.9 km (41.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 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

Distance		Station 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

References

1. Establishment of the Chosen Railway, Dong-A Ilbo, 3 September 1923 (in Korean)