Suryeo Line
{{Short description|Railway line in colonial Korea}}
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| name = Suryeo Line
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| native_name = 수려선(水驪線)
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| type = Passenger/freight rail
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| status = Ceased operation
| locale = Gyeonggi
| start = Suwon
| end = Yeoju
| stations = 21
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| open = {{Start date|1930|12|01|df=y}}
| close = 31 March 1972
| owner = Korean National Railroad
| operator = Korean National Railroad
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exSTR\extSTR\~~Suin Line (former and planned line)
eABZql\tBHF!~STRq\STRq~~Gyeongbu Line
eABZq+l\tBHF!~STRq\STRq~~0.0~~Suwon
exSTR2\tSTR3!~exSTRc3\
tSTR+1!~exSTRc1\exSTR+4\~~Bundang Line
exBHF~~3.0~~Hwaseong (Bon–Suwon)
exHST~~6.5~~Weoncheon
exHST~~9.0~~Deokgok~~ ~~Since 1932
exSKRZ-Au~~Gyeongbu Expressway
exBS2c1\exBS2+r
\exBHF~~12.5~~Singal
tXBHF-Rq\xKRZt~~Giheung, Bundang Line
uKXBHFa-G\exSTR~~ ~~ ~~Giheung
uHST\exSTR~~ ~~ ~~Kangnam Univ.
uHST\exSTR~~ ~~ ~~Jiseok
uHST\exHST~~15.9~~Eojeong
uHST\exSTR~~ ~~ ~~Dongbaek
uHST\exSTR~~ ~~ ~~Chodang
uHST\exSTR~~ ~~ ~~Samga
uSTR2\exSTR3u!~uSTRc3
exSTR+1u!~uSTRc1\uSTR+4
exHST\uHST~~21.8~~Samga,~~City Hall–Yongin Univ.
exSTR\uHST~~ ~~ ~~Myongji Univ.
exSTR\uHST~~ ~~ ~~Gimryangjang
exBHF\uSTR~~24.1~~Yongin
exSTR\uHST~~ ~~ ~~Stadium–Songdam College
exSTR\uSTRl~~ ~~ ~~{{rint|seoul|ever}}
exBS2l\exBS2c3
exHST~~28.4~~Mapyeong
exBHF~~31.9~~Yangji
exHST~~35.4~~Jeil
exSKRZ-Au~~Yeongdong Expressway
exBHF~~40.0~~Ocheon
exHST~~45.7~~Pyogyo
exHST~~49.4~~Yusan
exBHF~~53.1~~Icheon
exHST~~57.6~~Muchon
exHST~~59.7~~Jukdang~~ ~~Since 1932
exHST~~64.4~~Maeryu
exHST~~67.0~~Gwangdaeri~~ ~~Since 1966
exHST~~69.7~~Yeonrari
exKBHFe~~73.4~~Yeoju
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{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=수려선
|hanja=水驪線
|rr=Suryeoseon
|mr=Suryŏsŏn
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The Suryeo Line (水驪線, Suirei-sen) is a former narrow-gauge railway line owned by Korean National Railroad. The line connected Suwon to Yeoju.
History
The first section of the line was opened by the privately owned Chosen Gyeongdong Railway in 1930 and in the next year the construction was complete as follows:
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| Date | Section | Length |
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| 1 December 1930 | Suwon–Icheon | {{convert|53.1|km|abbr=on}} |
| 1 December 1931 | Icheon–Yeoju | {{convert|20.3|km|abbr=on}} |
The line was bought on 26 October 1942 by the Chosen Railway朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4729, 4 November 1942 and after the independence of Korea, it was nationalized. After the first opening of the Yeongdong Expressway, the demand diminished abruptly and the line was finally abandoned on 31 March 1972. The Everline was finally opened on 26 April 2013 and the section Giheung – Stadium–Songdam College coincides almost with the former Suryeo line.百年の鉄道旅行(The railway travel-100 years): [http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~travel-100years/travelguide_088.htm The map of the section Singal – Yongin] (Japanese) The Gyeonggang Line, which opened on August 27, 2016, will follow the line from Icheon to Yeoju.
Future plans
Neither the Ministry of Construction and Transportation nor Korail have reconstruction plans for the Suryeo Line as a whole. However, part of the line was reconstructed as a part of the Yongin Everline, and another part of the line will serve as a section of the Gyeonggang Line, allowing Yeoju to have a rail connection with Seongnam and Icheon.
Rolling stock
The Suryeo line used narrow gauge steam locomotives, narrow gauge freight cars, KNR160 diesel cars, and KNR18000 passenger cars. After closure, all rolling stock was sent to the Suin Line. Examples of KNR160 and KNR18000 cars have been preserved in the Korean Railroad Museum in Uiwang.
The Gyeonggang Line, which follows part of the Suryeo Line, uses Korail Class 371000 EMUs. The Yongin Everline, which follows another part of the Suryeo Line, uses Bombardier Innovia Metro Mark II cars.
Route
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| + 水驪線 - 장진선 - Suirei Line - Suryeo Line | ||
| colspan="2" | Distance | colspan="4" | Station name | colspan="3" | |
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| Total; km
! S2S; km ! Transcribed, Korean ! Transcribed, Japanese ! Hangul ! Connections | ||
| 0.0
| 0.0 | Suwon | Suigen | 수원 | 水原 | ||
| 3.0
| 3.0 | Hwaseong | Kajō | 화성 | 華城 | | ||
| 6.5
| 3.5 | Woncheon | Ensen | 원천 | 遠川 | | ||
| 9.0
| 2.5 | Deokgok | Tokkoku | 덕곡 | 德谷 | | ||
| 12.5
| 3.5 | Singal | Shinkatsu | 신갈 | 新葛 | | ||
| 15.9
| 3.4 | Eojeong | Gyochō | 어정 | 漁汀 | | ||
| 21.8
| 5.9 | Samga | Sangai | 삼가 | 三街 | | ||
| 24.1
| 2.3 | Yongin | Ryūjin | 용인 | 龍仁 | | ||
| 28.4
| 4.3 | Mapyeong | Mahei | 마평 | 麻坪 | | ||
| 31.9
| 3.5 | Yangji | Yōchi | 양지 | 陽智 | | ||
| 35.4
| 3.5 | Jeil | Seijitsu | 제일 | 霽日 | | ||
| 40.0
| 4.6 | Ocheon | Gosen | 오천 | 午川 | | ||
| 45.7
| 5.7 | Pyogyo | Hyōkyō | 표교 | 標橋 | | ||
| 49.4
| 3.7 | Yusan | Yūzan | 유산 | 酉山 | | ||
| 53.1
| 3.7 | Icheon | Risen | 이천 | 利川 | | ||
| 57.6
| 4.5 | Muchon | Moson | 무촌 | 茂村 | | ||
| 59.7
| 2.1 | Jukdang | Chikudō | 죽당 | 竹堂 | | ||
| 64.4
| 4.7 | Maeryu | Bairyū | 매류 | 梅柳 | | ||
| 67.0
| 2.6 | Gwangdaeri | Kōtairi | 광대리 | 広大里 | | ||
| 69.7
| 2.7 | Yeollari | Enrari | 연라리 | 煙羅里 | | ||
| 73.4
| 3.7 | Yeoju | Reishū | 여주 | 驪州 | |
See also
References
- Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p514
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