Suryeo Line

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.

Suryeo Line
Overview
Native name	수려선(水驪線)
Status	Ceased operation
Owner	Korean National Railroad
Locale	Gyeonggi
Termini	Suwon Yeoju
Stations	21
Service
Type	Passenger/freight rail
Operator(s)	Korean National Railroad
History
Opened	1 December 1930
Closed	31 March 1972
Technical
Line length	73.4 km (45.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Route map Suin Line (former and planned line) Gyeongbu Line 0.0 Suwon Bundang Line 3.0 Hwaseong (Bon–Suwon) 6.5 Weoncheon ↑Suwon/Yongin↓ 9.0 Deokgok Since 1932 Gyeongbu Expressway 12.5 Singal Giheung, Bundang Line Giheung Kangnam Univ. Jiseok 15.9 Eojeong Dongbaek Chodang Samga 21.8 Samga, City Hall–Yongin Univ. Myongji Univ. Gimryangjang 24.1 Yongin Stadium–Songdam College 28.4 Mapyeong 31.9 Yangji 35.4 Jeil Yeongdong Expressway ↑Yongin/Icheon↓ 40.0 Ocheon 45.7 Pyogyo 49.4 Yusan 53.1 Icheon 57.6 Muchon 59.7 Jukdang Since 1932 ↑Icheon/Yeoju↓ 64.4 Maeryu 67.0 Gwangdaeri Since 1966 69.7 Yeonrari 73.4 Yeoju

Suryeo Line
Hangul	수려선
Hanja	水驪線
Revised Romanization	Suryeoseon
McCune–Reischauer	Suryŏsŏn

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	53.1 km (33.0 mi)
1 December 1931	Icheon–Yeoju	20.3 km (12.6 mi)

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 Giheung – Stadium–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; km	S2S; km	Transcribed, Korean	Transcribed, Japanese	Hangul	Hanja/Kanji	Connections
0.0	0.0	Suwon	Suigen	수원	水原	Gyeongbu Line, Suin Line
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

• Korail
• Chosen Railway
• Transportation in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics

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)

• 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