Gyeongui Line Wikipedia. The Gyeongui Line is a railway line between Seoul and Dorasan Station in Paju. Korail operates the Seoul Metropolitan Subway service between Seoul Station and Munsan Station. HistoryeditOriginally the line continued to Pyngyang and Siniju, both of which are now in North Korea, or even to the South Manchuria Railway, linking the Korean railway system to the rest of Asia and Europe. The Korean Empire intended to build the Gyeongui Line with its own resources at the end of the 1. Imperial Japan, which gained to concession to build the Gyeongbu Line from Busan to Seoul, also sought to gain control of the Gyeongui Line project as its continuation further north, recognising the trunk route as a means to keep Korea under its influence. 1 The line was also advanced for military considerations in expectation of a confrontation with Russia, which came in 1. Russo Japanese War. 1 At the start of the war, Japan ignored Koreas declaration of neutrality and transported troops to Incheon, and forced the Korean government to sign an agreement that gave Japans military control of railway projects if deemed necessary for military operations. 1 Japans military began to build the Gyeongui Line, while troop bases were established in connection with the railway, the biggest of them next to the terminus of the line, Yongsan Station in Seoul. 1The first section of the Gyeongui Line opened from Yongsan in Seoul to Munsan on April 3, 1. Inter Korea bordereditAfter the division of Korea in 1. Kaesng, which is now in North Korea but was at the time part of the US administered southern zone. Northern trains would have terminated north of Kaesng. After the end of the Korean War in 1. Munsan north of Seoul, with northern trains terminating at Kaesng. Around the same time, North Korea renamed the Pyngyang Kaesng section of the line as the Pyngbu Pyngyang Busan Line and the Pyngyang Siniju section as the Pyngi Pyngyang Siniju Line. The subway page world subway maps with many links to other transport information, principally light rail, tram, and other urban transport. Cruise port guide for Tokyo Yokohama, Japan. Information on where your ship docks, how to get from the port into the city, maps, bus and shuttle information, public. The DPRK sector is now 1. Pyongyang to Sunan Airport. Since the summit between the two Koreas in 2. Gyeongui Line. 3 Southern passenger service has been extended to Dorasan on the edge of the Demilitarized Zone DMZ and tracks have been built across the DMZ itself. In October 2. 00. Northern connection from the DMZ to Kaesng was finally completed. Simultaneous test runs along the rebuilt cross border sections of both the Gyeongui Line and the Donghae Bukbu Line were set for May 2. North Korean military authorities cancelled the plans a day ahead of the scheduled event. 3 However, at a meeting held in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 2. North and South Korea agreed to restart the project. 3 On May 1. North and South Korean delegations, travelled from Munsan Station in the South to Kaesong in the North. 4 The first test run on the Donghae Bukbu Line took place at the same time. 3 According to South Korean representatives, the North has agreed in principle to regular passenger and freight service along the two train lines. 5UpgradeeditMeanwhile, work began to upgrade the South Korean section for high capacity commuter services. Between Seoul and Munsan, the line is converted into an electrified, double tracked railway in a new, straighter, 4. Work began in November 1. The section from Digital Media City DMC to Munsan was finished on July 1, 2. The remaining section will be mostly underground between Gajwa Station in northwestern Seoul to Yongsan Station in downtown Seoul. 6 As of 2. SeoulMunsan section reached 7. The section is to be finished by 2. The line is to be further upgraded for 2. Korea to under 2 hours by 2. September 1, 2. 01. ServiceseditDMZ TraineditSeoul Metropolitan SubwayeditThe Gyeongui Line opened as a part Seoul Metropolitan Subway on July 1, 2. Seoul to Munsan. The line connects Seoul, Digital Media City, Ilsan, Paju, and Munsan, and offers transfers to Line 3, Line 6, and AREX. The main line terminated at Digital Media City Station when first opened, while a separate branch continued to Seoul Station. On December 1. 5, 2. Gongdeok Station, providing transfers to Line 2 and Line 5. On December 2. 7, 2. Yongsan Station from Gongdeok Station, and the service was renamed to the GyeonguiJungang Line following the merging of the line with the Jungang Line. The term subway in reference to this line is somewhat of a misnomer, as the line runs underground for less than three percent of its length. The upgraded line simply follows alignment of the old line built 1. The outer portion of the line runs largely through countryside rice paddies, forests, and vegetable fields, and outside of Seoul rarely enters urbanized areas. It is mostly at grade, and includes several at grade crossings with local roads, where Korail employees stand by on duty to stop traffic. Regular rail serviceeditBefore the integration with the subway system, the most common service on the line was a Tonggeun train service between Seoul and Imjingang, with one Saemaeul ho train. Since the line was integrated with the Seoul Subway system, Tonggeun service had been restricted to a few stations in the north, from Munsan to Imjingang, with a few continuing on to Dorasan, near the North Korean border. There is a depot for Korea Train Express KTX trains along the Gyeongui Line at Haengsin Station. 1. Some KTX services thus continue beyond Seoul respective Yongsan Station and terminate at Haengsin Station. 1. The line may see more KTX service after the upgrade for 2. StationseditThis list does not include stations served only by Gyeongui Jungang Line metro trains. Uncheon, Imjingang, and Dorasan stations are planned to become a part of the Gyeongui Jungang Line sometime after 2. See alsoeditReferenceseditExternal linksedit Media related to Gyeongui Line at Wikimedia Commons.