| Jeonnam Line | |
| Native Name: | 전남선 (全南線) |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Type: | Heavy rail, Regional rail Passenger/Freight |
| Status: | Merged (see text) |
| Locale: | South Jeolla |
| Start: | Jeonnam Gwangju |
| End: | Damyang |
| Stations: | 14 |
| Open: | 1 July 1922 |
| Owner: | Chōsen Railway (1923–1945) |
| Operator: | Chōsen Southern Railway; Chōsen Railway |
| Linelength Km: | 35.5 |
| Tracks: | Single track |
The Jeonnam Line (全南線, Zen'nan-sen) was a railway line of the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) of colonial-era Korea, located in South Jeolla Province.
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 via Damyang and Jinju. Work on the Songjeongni–Damyang section began in April 1921, and was opened to traffic on 1 July 1922 as the Jeonnam Line; the month prior, work had begun on the Masan–Jinju section, which was later opened as the Gyeongnam Line. On 1 September 1923, the Chōsen Southern Railway merged with five other privately owned railways to create the Chōsen Railway.[1] Work to build the Damyang–Jinju section was never completed, and on 31 October 1944, the Gwangju–Damyang section was dismantled. After the end of the Pacific War and the nationalisation of Korea's railways, the Korean National Railroad divided the Jeonnam Line, making the Gwangju–Seongjeongni section part of the Gwangju Line, and after completing the Songjeong–Jinju section, merging that into the Gyeongjeon Line.
| +全南線 - 전남선 - Zen'nan Line - Jeonnam Line | ||||||||
| Distance | Station name | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total; km | S2S; km | Transcribed, Korean | Transcribed, Japanese | Hunminjeongeum | Hanja/Kanji | Connections | ||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Jeonnam Gwangju | Zen'nan Kōshū | 전남광주 | 全南光州 | |||
| 7.4 | 7.4 | Geungnakgang | Gokurakkō | 극락강 | 極楽江 | |||
| 14.0 | 14.0 | Songjeongni | Shōchōri | 송정리 | 松汀里 | Sentetsu Honam Line | ||
| 23.1 | 9.1 | Mangwol | Bōgetsu | 망월 | 望月 | |||
| 26.9 | 3.8 | Jangsan | Chōzan | 장산 | 長山 | |||
| 31.0 | 4.1 | Mahang | Bakō | 마항 | 馬項 | |||
| 35.5 | 4.5 | Damyang | Tan'yō | 담양 | 潭陽 | |||