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The Gyeongin Line (Gyeonginseon) is a railway mainline in South Korea, currently connecting Guro station in Seoul and Incheon. Commuter services along the line through operates into Seoul Subway Line 1.
HistoryEdit
The Gyeongin Line was the first railway line built on the Korean peninsula. It was opened by the Keijin Railway Company between Noryangjin, on the shore of the Han River across from Seoul, Geumchon, in Incheon, on September 18, 1899.<ref name="lineop">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Soon after, the line was extended across the Han River into Seoul Station, and beyond Geumchon to the port of Incheon. When the construction of the Gyeongbu Line was completed from Busan to Guro on January 1, 1905, the Seoul-Guro section of the Gyeongin Line became part of the Gyeongbu Line.<ref name="lineop"/> The remaining Gyeongin Line from Guro to Incheon is Template:Convert long.<ref name="lineop"/>
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.<ref name="5yr-plan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As part of the program, from November 1963, two additional tracks were laid to the north of the existing tracks from Yeongdeungpo station on the Gyeongbu Line to Dongincheon station.<ref name="5yr-plan"/> The Template:Convert of new tracks, also called Gyeonginbuk Line, entered service on September 18, 1965.<ref name="5yr-plan"/>
The line was among the first in South Korea to be electrified with the 25 kV/60 Hz AC catenary system, when two tracks over the Template:Convert between Seoul and Incheon entered service on August 15, 1974, for the Seoul Subway Line 1.<ref name="electrification">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Electrification of the second two tracks started with the Template:Convert from Guro to Bupyeong, which went into service on January 29, 1999.<ref name="electrification"/> The Template:Convert until Juan followed on March 15, 2002, and the final Template:Convert on December 21, 2005.<ref name="electrification"/>
OperationEdit
Korail operated regular passenger service along the Gyeongin Line until the electrification of the line in the early 1970s, when passenger service was integrated into Seoul Subway Line 1. Line 1 trains using the Gyeongin Line provide up to ten trains an hour per direction, with services towards Guro, Cheongnyangni, Dongmyo, Seongbuk, Chang-dong, Uijeongbu, Yangju, Dongducheon and Soyosan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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ReferencesEdit
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