Gaya Line

Gaya Line
The Gaya Line at Jurye Station
Overview
Other name(s) Busan Jochajang Line
부산조차장선 ()
Native name 가야선 ()
Type Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale Busan Gwangyeoksi
Termini Sasang
Beom-il
Operation
Opened 10 June 1944
Owner Chosen Government Railway (1944–1945)
Korea Rail Network Authority (since 1945)
Operator(s) Chosen Government Railway (1944–1945)
Korail
Technical
Line length 8.3 km (5.2 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Route map
Gyeongbu Line
0.0 Sasang
Gyeongbu Line
1.9 Jurye Closed
5.1 Gaya
Donghae Line
8.3 Beom-il
Donghae Line
Gaya Line
Hangul 가야선
Hanja 伽倻線
Revised Romanization Gayaseon
McCune–Reischauer Kayasŏn

The Gaya Line is a railway line of Korail in Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, connecting Sasang on the Gyeongbu Line with Beom-il on the Donghae Line via Gaya, where the line also connects to the Bujeon Line.

History

The 8.3 km (5.2 mi) line was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 10 June 1944 as the Busan Marshalling Yard Line between Sasang and Busanjin; after the end of the Pacific War and the subsequent partition of Korea the line was taken over by the Korean National Railroad, which renamed it Gaya Line on 1 September 1955.[1] On 21 January 1968 the line's terminus was changed from Busanjin to Beom-il.[2]

On 2 December 2002 commuter passenger service on the line was discontinued, and on the 28th electrification and double-tracking of the line was completed.

Route

Distance
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Distance
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Station Name
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Former Name
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Connections
0.0 0.0 Sasang 사상 (沙上) Gyeongbu Line
Busan Subway Line 2
1.9 1.9 Jurye 주례 (周禮) Busan Subway Line 2
5.1 3.2 Gaya 가야 (伽倻) Bujeon Line
Busan Subway Line 2
8.3 3.2 Beom-il 범일 (凡一) Donghae Line
Busan Subway Line 1

References

  1. 대한민국관보 교통부 고시 제432호 (1955.08.30)
  2. 대한민국관보 철도청 고시 제3호 (1968.01.13)
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