Gyeongin Line

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Gyeongin Line
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
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 (Formerly Sangincheon)[1]
For
Port of Incheon
27.0
 Incheon
terminus
Gyeongin Line
Hangul
경인선
Hanja
京仁線
Revised RomanizationGyeong-in-seon
McCune–ReischauerKyŏng-in-sŏn

The Gyeongin Line (Gyeonginseon) is a railway mainline in South Korea, currently connecting

through operates into Seoul Subway Line 1
.

History

Opening ceremony in 1899

The Gyeongin Line was the first railway line built on the

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

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

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

Uijeongbu, Yangju, Dongducheon and Soyosan.[5]

See also

  • Transportation in South Korea

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. ^ a b c "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  3. ^ a b c "철마 110년, 영고의 자취 [12] 경제개발과 철도" (in Korean). Silvernet News. 2010-03-20. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  4. ^ a b c "Electricity Almanac 2009" (PDF). Korea Electric Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  5. ^ "Timetable (Incheon)". SMRTC. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
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