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Railway line in colonial Korea

Gyeongnam Line

Overview

Native name

경남선 (慶南線)

Status

Merged (see text)

Owner

Chōsen Southern Railway (1923)
Chōsen Railway (1923–1931)

Locale

South Gyeongsang

Termini

Stations

Service

Type

Heavy rail, Regional rail
Passenger/Freight

Operator(s)

Sinheung Railway;
Chōsen Railway

History

Opened

1923–1925

Technical

Line length

66.9 km (41.6 mi)

Number of tracks

Single track

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Route map

Legend

					Sentetsu Masan Line
					Sentetsu Masanhang Line
				0.0	Masan (Masan)
				6.3	Jungni (Chūri)
				13.5	Sanin (Sanjin)
				17.5	Haman (Kan'an)
				26.3	Gunbuk (Gunhoku)
				29.9	Wonbuk (Inhoku)
				35.7	Pyeongchon (Heison)
				40.3	Jinju-Sumokwon (Shinshū-Jumokuen)
				42.1	Banseong (Hanjō)
				48.0	Jinseong (Shinjō)
				51.0	Galcheon (Kasson)
				57.0	Nammunsan (Nanbunzan)
				62.2	Gaeyang (Kaiyō)
				66.9	Jinju (Shinshū)

The Gyeongnam Line (慶南線, Keinan-sen) was a railway line of the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) of colonial-era Korea, located in South Gyeongsang Province.

History

On 13 July 1918, the privately owned Chōsen Southern Railway was granted a concession to build a railway line from Songjeongni (now Gwangju Songjeong) to Masan, but it wasn't until June 1922 that work on the first section, from Masan to Jinju, began. The line was not yet opened when the Chōsen Southern Railway merged with five other privately owned railways to create the Chōsen Railway on 1 September 1923; it was only three months after the merger, on 1 December 1923, that the first section, 24.8 km (15.4 mi) from Masan to Gunbuk, was opened, under the name Gyeongnam Line. The remaining 40.6 km (25.2 mi) section to Jinju was opened on 15 June 1925. On 1 April 1931, the state-owned Chōsen Government Railway bought the Gyeongnam Line, merging it with its own Masan Line to create the Gyeongjeon Nambu Line running from Samnangjin to Jinju.

Route

慶南線 - 경남선 - Keinan Line - Gyeongnam Line
Distance		Station name
Total; km	S2S; km	Transcribed, Korean	Transcribed, Japanese	Hunminjeongeum	Hanja/Kanji	Connections
0.0	0.0	Masan	Masan	마산	馬山	Sentetsu Masan Line, Sentetsu Masanhang Line
6.3	6.3	Jungni	Chūri	중리	中里
13.5	7.2	San'in	Sanjin	산인	山仁
17.5	4.0	Ham'an	Kan'an	함안	咸安
26.3	8.8	Gunbuk	Gunhoku	군북	郡北
29.9	3.6	Wonbuk	Inhoku	원북	院北
35.7	5.8	Pyeongchon	Heison	평촌	坪村
40.3	4.6	Jinju-Sumokwon	Shinshū-Jumokuen	진주수목원	晉州樹木園
42.1	1.8	Banseong	Hanjō	반성	班城
48.0	5.9	Jinseong	Shinjō	진성	晉城
51.0	3.0	Galcheon	Kasson	갈촌	葛村
57.0	6.0	Nammunsan	Nanbunzan	남문산	南文山
62.2	5.2	Gaeyang	Kaiyō	개양	開陽
66.9	4.7	Jinju	Shinshū	진주	晉州

References

Establishment of the Chosen Railway, Dong-A Ilbo, 3 September 1923 (in Korean)

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

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