Suryeo Line Explained

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Suryeo Line
Native Name:수려선(水驪線)
Native Name Lang:ko
Type:Passenger/freight rail
Status:Ceased operation
Locale:Gyeonggi
Start:Suwon
End:Yeoju
Stations:21
Close:31 March 1972
Owner:Korean National Railroad
Operator:Korean National Railroad
Linelength Km:73.4
Tracks:Single track
Map State:collapsed
Hangul:Korean: [[:ko:수려선|수려선]]
Hanja:Korean: {{linktext|水|驪|線
Rr:Suryeoseon
Mr:Suryŏsŏn

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:

Date Section Length
1 December 1930 Suwon–Icheon 53.1km (33miles)
1 December 1931 Icheon–Yeoju 20.3km (12.6miles)

The line was bought on 26 October 1942 by the Chosen Railway[1] 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 GiheungStadium–Songdam College coincides almost with the former Suryeo line.[2] 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

+ 水驪線 - 장진선 - Suirei Line - Suryeo Line
Distance Station name
Total; kmS2S; kmTranscribed, KoreanTranscribed, JapaneseHangulHanja/KanjiConnections
0.00.0SuwonSuigen수원水原Gyeongbu Line, Suin Line
3.03.0HwaseongKajō화성華城
6.53.5WoncheonEnsen원천遠川
9.02.5DeokgokTokkoku덕곡德谷
12.53.5SingalShinkatsu신갈新葛
15.93.4EojeongGyochō어정漁汀
21.85.9SamgaSangai삼가三街
24.12.3YonginRyūjin용인龍仁
28.44.3MapyeongMahei마평麻坪
31.93.5YangjiYōchi양지陽智
35.43.5JeilSeijitsu제일霽日
40.04.6OcheonGosen오천午川
45.75.7PyogyoHyōkyō표교標橋
49.43.7YusanYūzan유산酉山
53.13.7IcheonRisen이천利川
57.64.5MuchonMoson무촌茂村
59.72.1JukdangChikudō죽당竹堂
64.44.7MaeryuBairyū매류梅柳
67.02.6GwangdaeriKōtairi광대리広大里
69.72.7YeollariEnrari연라리煙羅里
73.43.7YeojuReishū여주驪州

See also

References

  1. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4729, 4 November 1942
  2. 百年の鉄道旅行(The railway travel-100 years): The map of the section Singal – Yongin (Japanese)