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}} }} The Gyeongjeon Line (''Gyeongjeonseon'') is a railway line serving South Gyeongsang and South Jeolla Provinces in South Korea. It covers a total of 300.6 km, from Samnangjin Station in Miryang, South Gyeongsang, to Gwangju·Songjeong Station in Gwangju, South Jeolla. ==History== An east-west railway along Korea's southern shore was long seen as a strategic route, but it took a number of attempts to complete the line.〔 The first section of the line was opened as a branch from the newly built Gyeongbu Line at Samnangjin to Masan in May 1905, which was named the Masan Line.〔 On December 1, 1923,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황 )〕 the Jinju Line opened from Masan to Jinju, extending the line to .〔 A branch from Changwon on the Masan Line to Jinhae, the Jinhae Line, opened on November 11, 1926.〔 Meanwhile, construction started in the opposite direction from Songjeong-ri (today Gwangju·Songjeong) on the Honam Line, the other end of the future Gyeongjeon Line, with the first to Gwangju opened in July 1922.〔 The 〔 Gwangju Line was completed to Yeosu on December 25, 1930.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=여수 율촌역 )〕 Six years later, on December 16, 1936, the Suncheon–Yeosu section became part of the newly established Jeolla Line,〔 leaving the long Songjeong-ri–Suncheon section as the Gwangju Line.〔 Following the 1961 coup, the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction started South Korea's first five-year plan, which included a construction program to complete the railway network, to foster economic growth. As part of the program, work began on a line to plug the gap between Jinju and Suncheon on April 28, 1962.〔 The difficult long section included 38 bridges with a total length of and 27 tunnels with a total length of , as well as 13 new stations.〔 The Jinju–Suncheon line opened on February 7, 1968, when the whole railway line from Samnangjin to Songjeong-ri was renamed the Gyeongjeon Line.〔 By the mid-2000s, alignment modifications shortened the line length to .〔 ===Upgrade=== The line is being upgraded to an electrified and double-tracked line for 180 km/h in stages, to facilitate regional development. On September 1, 2010, the South Korean government announced a strategic plan to reduce travel times from Seoul to 95% of the country to under 2 hours by 2020. As part of the plan, the entire Gyeongjeon Line is to be further upgraded for 230 km/h. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gyeongjeon Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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