Gyeongbuk Line
Overview
Native name경북선 (慶北線)
StatusOperational (see text)
OwnerChōsen Railway
LocaleNorth Gyeongsang
Termini
Stations25
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Regional rail
Passenger/Freight
Operator(s)Chōsen Railway
History
Opened1924–1931
Technical
Line length118.1 km (73.4 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
Sentetsu Gyeongbu Line
0.0
 Gimcheon
(Kinsen)
Sentetsu Gyeongbu Line
?.?
 Namsan
(Nanzan)
Closed 1927
7.7
 Acheon
(Gasen)
?.?
 Doam
(Dōgan)
Closed 1927
20.0
 Oksan
(Gyokuzan)
27.1
 Cheongni
(Seiri)
36.0
 Sangju
(Shōshū)
44.4
 Baekwon
(Hakugen)
47.9
 Yangjeong
(Yōtei)
55.8
 Hamchang
(Kanshō)
60.0
 Jeomchon
(Tenson)
orange section closed 1944
66.9
 Yonggung
(Ryūgū)
73.3
 Gaepo
(Kaiho)
79.7
 Yucheon
(Ryūsen)
85.3
 Yecheon
(Reisen)
89.3
 Gopyeong
(Kōhei)
94.7
 Homyeong
(Komei)
100.7
 Gyeongbuk Pungsan
(Keihoku Hōzan)
108.2
 Myeongdong
(Meitō)
118.1
 Gyeongbuk Andong
(Keihoku Antō)

The Gyeongbuk Line (慶北線, Keihoku-sen) was a railway line of the privately owned Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) in colonial-era Korea, located in North Gyeongsang Province, connecting Gimcheon (on the Chōsen Government Railway's Gyeongbu Line main line) with Gyeongbuk Andong.

History

Construction of the line was begun by the privately owned Chosen Industrial Railway; however, before the line was finished, that company merged with five others to create the Chosen Railway (Chōtetsu) in 1923, and it was the new company which completed the first section of the line, opening the Gimcheon–Sangju section on 1 October 1924,[1] followed by the Sangju–Jeomchon section on 25 December.[2] Chōtetsu then extended the line in several stages, first reaching Yecheon on 1 November 1928,[3] then reaching Gyeongbuk Andong on 16 October 1931;[4] however, the Jeomchon–Andong section was dismantled in 1944 to use the material elsewhere as Japan's military faced material shortages during the Pacific War.[5]

After the Liberation of Korea, Chōtetsu was nationalised along with all other railways in the country. The Gyeonbuk Line was subsequently operated by the Korean National Railroad, retaining the name Gyeongbuk Line but extending it to Yeongju instead of rebuilding it to Andong.

Services

In the November 1942 timetable, the last issued prior to the start of the Pacific War, Chōtetsu operated the following schedule of third-class-only local passenger services:[6]

Distance
(read down)		1741174317457411747743Station nameDistance
(read up)		7401742174417467421748
0.0 05:20 08:55 13:00 15:00 17:20 21:00 Gimcheon 118.1 07:34 10:31 13:32 15:36 18:55 23:25
36.0 06:42 10:32 14:17 16:13 18:50 22:02 Sangju 82.1 06:34 09:10 12:05 14:13 17:43 22:06
85.3 08:40 12:35 16:09 17:52 20:50 23:28 Yecheon 32.8 05:14 07:18 09:53 12:27 16:13 20:18
118.1 09:48 13:50 17:20 18:56 21:59 00:20 Gyeongbuk Andong 0.0 04:15 05:55 08:25 11:00 15:06 19:05

Route

慶北線 - 경북선 - Keihoku Line - Gyeongbuk Line
DistanceStation name
Total; km S2S; km Transcribed, Korean Transcribed, Japanese Hunminjeongeum Hanja/Kanji Connections
0.0 0.0 Gimcheon Kinsen 김천 金泉 Sentetsu Gyeongbu Line
 ?.?  ?.? Namsan Nanzan 남산 南山 closed 1927
7.7  ?.? Acheon Gasen 아천 牙川
 ?.?  ?.? Doam Dōgan 도암 道岩 closed 1927
20.0 20.0 Oksan Gyokuzan 옥산 玉山
27.1 7.1 Cheongni Seiri 청리 靑里
36.0 8.9 Sangju Shōshū 상주 尙州
44.4 8.4 Baekwon Hakugen 백원 白元
47.9 3.5 Yangjeong Yōtei 양정 楊亭
55.8 11.4 Hamchang Kanshō 함창 咸昌
60.0 4.2 Jeomchon Tenson 점촌 店村
66.9 6.9 Yonggung Ryūgū 용궁 龍宮
73.3 6.3 Gaepo Kaiho 개포 開浦
79.7 3.0 Yucheon Ryūsen 유천 柳川
85.3 11.7 Yecheon Reisen 예천 醴泉
89.3 2.7 Gopyeong Kōhei 고평 高坪
94.7 5.4 Homyeong Komei 호명 虎鳴
100.7 6.0 Gyeongbuk Pungsan Keihoku Hōzan 경북풍산 慶北豊山
108.2 7.5 Myeongdong Meitō 명동 鳴洞
118.1 9.9 Gyeongbuk Andong Keihoku Antō 경북안동 慶北安東

References

  1. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 私設鉄道運輸営業開始 (Bulletin of the Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea: Private railway transportation enterprise started), 7 October 1924
  2. ↑ "경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황". Korail. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  3. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 私設鉄道運輸営業開始 (Bulletin of the Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea: Private railway transportation enterprise started), 13 November 1928
  4. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 私設鉄道運輸営業開始 (Bulletin of the Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea: Private railway transportation enterprise started), 21 October 1931
  5. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (Bulletin of the Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 1130, 15 September 1944
  6. ↑ Tōa Travel Co. (東亜旅行社), Ministry of Railways Combined Timetable 1 November 1942 (鐵道省編纂時刻表昭和１７年１１月１日)
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