The Bujeon Line is a short railway line serving
Busan
Busan (), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economi ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. The line connects Gaya on the
Gaya Line
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.
History
The line was orig ...
to
Bujeon on the
Donghae Nambu Line
The Donghae Nambu Line () is a railway line connecting Busan to Pohang in South Korea. The line runs along South Korea's east coast. On December 30, 2016, it was merged into Donghae Line.
History
On October 31, 1918, an extension of the Daegu ...
, without intermediary stops. It is roughly 2.2 kilometers in length.
During the process of double-tracking the Bujeon Line, there were strong demands for measures to relocate residents, so they attempted to occupy the railroad tracks and protest, but it fell through. To make matters worse, even the environmental impact assessment was delayed, and residents' dissatisfaction reached its peak.
See also
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Korean National Railroad
The Korea Railroad Corporation () is the national railway operator in South Korea. It is branded as KORAIL () and changed its official Korean name () in November 2019. Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, managed by Ministry of Land, ...
References
Railway lines in South Korea
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