The Gyooe Line (suburb line) is a railway line in
Gyeonggi-do
Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
, that connects
Neunggok Station
Neunggok Station is a station on the Gyeongui-Jungang Line in South Korea.
External links
Station informationfrom Korail
The Korea Railroad Corporation (Korean: 한국철도공사, Hanja: ), branded as KORAIL (코레일, officially chan ...
in
Goyang City
Goyang (''Goyang-si''; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province in the north of South Korea. It is part of the Seoul Capital Area, making Goyang one of Seoul's satellite cities. It is one of the largest cities in the Seoul Capital Area, with a populatio ...
(northwest of Seoul) with
Uijeongbu Station
Uijeongbu Station is a station on the Gyeongwon Line in South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demil ...
in
Uijeongbu
Uijeongbu () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Overview
Uijeongbu is located north of the Korean capital Seoul; it lies inside a defile, with mountains on two sides, and commands a natural choke point across the main traditional inv ...
, north of Seoul.
History
Work on the line began already in October 1959.
Following the 1961 coup, the
Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
The Supreme Council for National Reconstruction ( ko, 국가재건최고회의) was the ruling military junta of South Korea from May 1961 to December 1963.
The Supreme Council overthrew the Second Republic of Korea in the May 16 coup in May ...
started South Korea's
first five-year plan, which included a construction program to complete the railway network, to foster economic growth.
The line from Neunggok on the
Gyeongui Line to Uijeongbu on the
Gyeongwon Line
The Gyeongwon Line is a railway line serving northeastern Gyeonggi Province in South Korea. The line is operated by Korail. The name of the line came from ''Gyeongseong'' (Seoul) and ''Wonsan'', the original terminus of the line, in what is no ...
was incorporated into the program and was completed on August 20, 1963.
Operation
Currently, the line is single-track, unelectrified,
sees very little use and has no scheduled passenger service.
Irregular freight train service was stopped in October 2013; Iryeong Station was downgraded to unattended station on January 24, 2014.After that,
the line became inoperational and used for model photoshooting etc. more or less legally until test run of freight trains resumed at the end of
2015 until end of January 2016. Following to the re-railing works at the northern part of Seoul Station, a need to re-route the freight trains
through Gyooe lines occurred, and as the Yongsan Line became underground thus unusable for peacetime freight train service(incline of 34.5 permils)
and Hyochang Line was abolished, the trains have to be rerouted through the Gyooe Line and thus test operation resumed on April 20, 2016 with
its railroad crossings operational and staffed again. Regular freight train operation resumes on May 16, 2016 .
Future
*
Goyang-Si,
Yangju-si,
Uijeongbu
Uijeongbu () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Overview
Uijeongbu is located north of the Korean capital Seoul; it lies inside a defile, with mountains on two sides, and commands a natural choke point across the main traditional inv ...
hope re-opening of Gyooe Line as circular railway line of
Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the ...
.
* As an extension of the future
Daegok–Sosa–Wonsi Line, the Gyooe Line may be upgraded to a double-track, electrified railway, and see regular passenger service integrated into the
Seoul Metropolitan Subway.
* The three cities and
Korail decided to repair the Gyooe line, from Daegok Station to Uijeongbu Station until 2023. The railway condition will be unelectrified
Single-track railway
A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track. Single track is usually found on lesser-used rail lines, often branch lines, where the level of traffic is not high enough to justify the c ...
. The repaired
Korail Commuter Diesel Car will be used.
See also
*
Transportation in South Korea
References
Railway lines in South Korea
Railway lines opened in 1961
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