Jeolla Line
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Revised Romanization | Jeollaseon |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏllasŏn |
The Jeolla Line (
History
The first railway along a section of what became the Jeolla Line was the Zenboku Lightrail Line, a 762 mm (30.0 in) narrow gauge line from
In 1936, Sentetsu nationalised the privately owned
Upgrade
The upgrade of the Iksan-Suncheon section started with the construction of a bypass around Jeonju with wider curves, opened in 1981.
From 1989, the first phase of the project to re-lay and double-track the line, mostly in a new alignment with wider curves, longer tunnels and bridges, was launched on three sections between Sin-ri, at the end of the Jeonju realignment, and Suncheon. The two longest new structures were the 5,671 m (18,606 ft) long[5] Byeongpung Tunnel, north of Suncheon, and the 6,128 m (20,105 ft) long Seulchi Tunnel, south of Jeonju, which became South Korea's longest rail tunnel,[5] surpassing Jeongam Tunnel on the Taebaek Line.[6] The three sections of the first phase with altogether 64.3 km (40.0 mi), shortening the original route by 16.7 km (10.4 mi), were finished by 1999 and entered service on 18 May 1999.[5] The two gaps between those sections were plugged in a second phase in 2002 and August 2004, the altogether 58.3 km (36.2 mi) long new sections shortened the line by another 11.4 km (7.1 mi).[5]
The third phase of the upgrading project, started in 2002, involved the double-tracking of the remaining 35.2 km (21.9 mi) long single-track section from Iksan to Sin-ri, until the end of the Jeonju realignment, and electrification of the entire double-tracked and re-aligned section from Iksan to Suncheon, altogether 154.2 km (95.8 mi),[7] to allow speeds of 180 km/h (110 mph).[8] By March 2010, progress on the 154.2 km (95.8 mi) section from Iksan to Suncheon reached 63.0%.[7] This phase of the project is implemented as a public private partnership of the Build-Transfer-Lease (BTL) method, with a government contribution of 510.852 billion won and a BTL share of 470.699 billion won.[7] The upgrade and re-alignment of the final Suncheon-Yeosu section was launched as a separate project in 2001,[9] with work starting in December 2003.[10] As of March 2010, progress on the 40.0 km (24.9 mi) long alignment stood at 88.0% out of a total budget of 732.002 billion won.[11] The entire upgrading project is to be completed in 2011.[7][11]
On September 1, 2010, the South Korean government announced a strategic plan to reduce travel times from Seoul to 95% of the country to under 2 hours by 2020. As part of the plan, the Jeolla Line is to be further upgraded for 230 km/h (140 mph).[12]
Major stations
Major stations and junctions on the line:
- Iksan (formerly known as Iri), junction with the Honam Line and Janghang Line;
- Dongsan, terminus of the Bukjeonju Line;
- Jeonju, capital of North Jeolla;
- Suncheon, junction with the Gyeongjeon Line;
- Deogyang, terminus of the Yeocheon Line; and
- Yeosu on the south coast.
Services
The Jeolla Line is served by intercity
Jeolla KTX
Yeosu hosted the
See also
- Korail
- Transportation in South Korea
References
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- ^ a b c d "안전제일 철도에서 위험천만 돌밭길로?". OhmyNews. 2001-11-24. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
- ^ "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-11-27. Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "여수 율촌역". Sunchonnet.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
- ^ a b c d 전라선 복선화 16년간의 대장정, 한국철도 지도를 바꾸다!. Railnews (in Korean). Korail. 2004-08-01. Retrieved 2010-11-04.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "From the coal transportation hub to the four-season leisure and sports gateway - Gohan Station (Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do)". InvestKorea. 2007-11-21. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- ^ a b c d "전라선 복선전철화". Korea Rail Network Authority. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- ^ "Korea's railways face a bright future". International Railway Journal. 2008-07-01. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ 지역 현안 사업 (in Korean). Mayor of Yeosu's office. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ a b "South Korea's growing network". Railway Gazette International. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ a b "순천~여수 복선전철". Korea Rail Network Authority. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- JoongAng Daily. 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
- ^ "Booking". Korail. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-10-28. Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b 숙박ㆍ교통ㆍ민자 사업 어디까지 왔나 어디를 가도 '여수는 지금 공사중' 2조원 투입해 2년간 단계별 건립 도심연결 도로망ㆍ교통혼잡은 숙제. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2010-05-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ^ "여수엑스포 SOC 사업, 속도 낸다". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
External links
- Media related to Jeolla Line at Wikimedia Commons