Jungbunaeryuk Line

Jungbunaeryuk Line
Jungbunaeryuk Line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Korea Rail Network Authority
Locale	Gyeonggi; North Chungcheong; North Gyeongsang
Termini	Bubal; Mungyeong;
Stations	9
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight; Regional rail
Operator	Korail
Rolling stock	KTX-Eum
History
Opened	2021-12-31
Technical
Line length	94.1 km (58.5 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 60 Hz AC
Operating speed	230 km/h (140 mph) (maximum)
Korean name
Hangul	중부내륙선
Hanja	中部內陸線
RR	Jungbu naeryukseon
MR	Chungbu naeryuksŏn

The Jungbunaeryuk Line (Korean: 중부내륙선; lit. 'Middle Inland line') is a rail line partly in operation and partly under construction from Bubal to Mungyeong. Construction started in November 2015. The line opened in December 2021 between Bubal on the Gyeonggang Line & Chungju on the Chungbuk Line.^[1] The KTX line was extended in 30 November 2024 from Chungju to Mungyeong. Another extension from Mungyeong to Gimcheon was approved in December 2022.^[2]

Rolling stock

KTX-Eum (since 2021)

Stations

Station name			Transfer	Distance in km		Location
Romanized	Hangul	Hanja	Transfer	Station distance	Total distance	Location
Bubal	부발	夫鉢	Gyeonggang Line	0.0	0.0	Gyeonggi-do	Icheon-si
Ami	아미	牙美		2.5	2.5		Icheon-si
Ganam	가남	加南		6.5	9.0		Yeoju-si
GamgokJanghowon	감곡장호원	甘谷長湖院		12.2	21.2	Chungcheongbuk-do	Eumseong-gun
Angseongoncheon	앙성온천	仰城溫泉		14.6	35.8		Chungju
Geumga	금가	金加		11.8	47.6
Chungju	충주	忠州	Chungbuk Line	8.7	56.3
Salmi	살미	乷味		10.3	66.6
Suanbooncheon	수안보온천	水安保溫泉		8.5	75.1
Yeonpung	연풍	延豊		6.3	81.4		Goesan-gun
Mungyeong	문경	聞慶	Mungyeong Line	11.3	92.7	Gyeongsangbuk-do	Mungyeong

Services

KTX-Eum operate on this line 4 times a day since December 31, 2021.

References

↑ "대선시계와 중부내륙선 철도". Chungbuk Ilbo. 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
↑ Artymiuk, Simon (2022-12-16). "Approval given for next section of Korea's Middle Inland Line". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

External links

Korail (in English)
Ivo Spanjersberg (August 20, 2009). "Narrow gauge in Korea: the Inchon – Suwon – Yeoju line". Spanjersberg.
"Seongnam-Yeoju Line to have double track electric railways" (Press release). Korail. July 15, 2005. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011.

[1] "대선시계와 중부내륙선 철도". Chungbuk Ilbo. 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2017-01-16.

[2] Artymiuk, Simon (2022-12-16). "Approval given for next section of Korea's Middle Inland Line". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

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