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Gyeongbuk Line
Overview
Native name	경북선 (慶北線)
Status	Operational (see text)
Owner	Chōsen Railway
Locale	North Gyeongsang
Termini	Gimcheon Andong
Stations	25
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail Passenger/Freight
Operator(s)	Chōsen Railway
History
Opened	1924–1931
Technical
Line length	118.1 km (73.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend 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, followed by the Sangju–Jeomchon section on 25 December. Chōtetsu then extended the line in several stages, first reaching Yecheon on 1 November 1928, then reaching Gyeongbuk Andong on 16 October 1931; 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.

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:

Route

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)

v t e Railway lines of the Chōsen Railway
Standard gauge	Chungbuk Line Gwangnyeo Line Gyeongbuk Line Gyeongnam Line Jeonnam Line Yeongchun Line
Narrow gauge	Jangjin Line Gyeongdong Line Hamnam Line Hwanghae Line Namheung Line Songheung Line Suin Line Suryeo Line
Subsidiaries	North Chōsen Colonial Railway

• Rail transport in South Korea
• Railway lines in Korea under Japanese rule
• Defunct railway companies of Japan
• Defunct railway companies of Korea
• Chōsen Railway