Jeonnam Line

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

Jeonnam Line
Overview
Native name	전남선 (全南線)
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail Passenger/Freight
Status	Merged (see text)
Locale	South Jeolla
Termini	Jeonnam Gwangju Damyang
Stations	14
Operation
Opened	1 July 1922
Owner	Chōsen Southern Railway (1922–1923) Chōsen Railway (1923–1945)
Operator(s)	Chōsen Southern Railway; Chōsen Railway
Technical
Line length	35.5 km (22.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map 0.0 Jeonnam Gwangju 7.4 Geungnakgang Sentetsu Honam Line 14.0 Songjeongni Sentetsu Honam Line 23.1 Mangwol 26.9 Jangsan 31.0 Mahang 35.5 Damyang Sunchang planned section Gokseong Jinju Chōtetsu Gyeongnam Line

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 via Damyang and Jinju. Work on the Songjeongni–Damyang section began in April 1921, and was opened to traffic on 1 July 1922 as the Jeonnam Line; the month prior, work had begun on the Masan–Jinju section, which was later opened as the Gyeongnam Line. On 1 September 1923, the Chōsen Southern Railway merged with five other privately owned railways to create the Chōsen Railway.[1] Work to build the Damyang–Jinju section was never completed, and on 31 October 1944, the Gwangju–Damyang section was dismantled. After the end of the Pacific War and the nationalisation of Korea's railways, the Korean National Railroad divided the Jeonnam Line, making the Gwangju–Seongjeongni section part of the Gwangju Line, and after completing the Songjeong–Jinju section, merging that into the Gyeongjeon Line.

Route

全南線 - 전남선 - Zennan Line - Jeonnam Line

Distance		Station name
Total; km	S2S; km	Transcribed, Korean	Transcribed, Japanese	Hunminjeongeum	Hanja/Kanji	Connections
0.0	0.0	Jeonnam Gwangju	Zennan Kōshū	전남광주	全南光州
7.4	7.4	Geungnakgang	Gokurakukō	극락강	極樂江
14.0	14.0	Songjeongni	Shōchōri	송정리	松汀里	Sentetsu Honam Line
23.1	9.1	Mangwol	Mōgetsu	망월	望月
26.9	3.8	Jangsan	Chōzan	장산	長山
31.0	4.1	Mahang	Bakō	마항	馬項
35.5	4.5	Damyang	Tan'yō	담양	潭陽

References

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