Gaya Line
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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.
HistoryEdit
The Template:Convert 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.<ref>대한민국관보 교통부 고시 제432호 (1955.08.30)</ref> On 21 January 1968 the line's terminus was changed from Busanjin to Beom-il.<ref> 대한민국관보 철도청 고시 제3호 (1968.01.13)</ref>
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.
RouteEdit
| Distance (Total; km) |
Distance (S2S; km) |
Station Name (Transcribed) |
Station Name (Hangeul (Hanja)) |
Former Name (Transcribed) |
Former Name (Hangeul (Hanja)) |
Connections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Sasang | 사상 (沙上) | Gyeongbu Line Template:Rint Busan Subway Line 2 | ||
| 5.1 | 3.2 | Gaya | 가야 (伽倻) | Bujeon Line Template:Rint Busan Subway Line 2 | ||
| 8.3 | 3.2 | Beomil | 범일 (凡一) | Donghae Line Template:Rint Busan Subway Line 1 |