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Suin Line
Overview
Native name	수인선(水仁線)
Status	Closed
Owner	Chōsen Gyeongdong Railway (1937–1942) Chōsen Railway (1942–1945)
Locale	Gyeonggi
Termini	Suwon Incheon Port
Stations	17
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail Passenger/Freight
Operator(s)	Chōsen Gyeongdong Railway; Chōsen Railway
History
Opened	1937
Technical
Line length	52.0 km (32.3 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Route map Legend Sentetsu Gyeongbu Line 0.0 Suwon (Suigen) Sentetsu Gyeongbu Line Suryeo Line 3.9 Gosaek (Kosaku) 5.8 Omok (Gomoku) 10.7 Eocheon (Gyosen) 13.7 Yamok (Yaboku) 15.1 Binjeong (Hinchō) 20.0 Illi (Itsuri) 21.6 Jeongdu (Jōtō) 27.9 Wongok (Genkoku) 29.2 Singil (Shinkitsu) 32.4 Gunja (Kunshi) 38.6 Sorae (Sorai) 41.4 Nonhyeon (Ronken) 42.4 Namdong (Nantō) 45.8 Munhak (Bunkaku) 47.0 Songdo (Matsushima) 52.0 Incheonhang (Jinsenkō)

The Suin Line (水仁線, Suijin-sen) was a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway line built by the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) during colonial-era Korea, located in Gyeonggi Province.

History

The privately owned Chōsen Gyeongdong Railway was granted a licence to build a second railway line to haul salt from Sorae. Starting at Suwon, terminus of the railway's Suryeo Line, a 52.0 km (32.3 mi) line was built to Incheon Port via Sorae, and was opened for operation on 5 August 1937. On 26 October 1942, the Chōsen Gyeongdong Railway was acquired by the Chōsen Railway, which continued operating the line until the end of the Pacific War.

Following the partition of Korea and the establishment of the Republic of Korea, on 17 May 1946 Chōtetsu, along with all other railways in the country, was nationalised, and the new Korean National Railroad took over operation of the Suin Line. Over the following years, the KNR continued to operate the line, keeping the Suin Line name but making numerous changes; recently, the line has been undergoing conversion to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge.

Services

In the November 1942 timetable, the last issued prior to the start of the Pacific War, Chōtetsu operated four daily, third-class-only local passenger trains:

Route

References

1. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3168, 6 August 1937
2. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4729, 4 November 1942
3. Article 2, Military Administration Ordinance No. 75, Korean Railroads. United States Army Command, Korea Military Command, 7 May 1946
4. 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