The Donghae Bukbu Line is a former railway line that connected the present-day city of Anbyon in South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, with Yangyang, Gangwon Province, South Korea. It has not carried trains since the division of Korea. The line originally connected to the Kyongwon Line running from Gyeongseong (present-day Seoul) to Wonsan. It began running in 1929 between Anbyon and Hupgok, and was extended to Yangyang in 1937. Plans had called for it to be extended south to Pohang, where it would have connected with the Donghae Nambu Line. However, this extension was not completed before the fall of the Japanese regime in 1945, and since then the tracks have been idle. Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... Anbyon is a kun, or county, in Kangwon province, North Korea. ... South Hamgyŏng (Hamgyŏng-namdo) is a province of North Korea. ... Yangyang County (Yangyang-gun) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. ... Gangwon-do is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. ... The Korean peninsula, first divided along the 38th parallel, later along the demarcation line The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from the 1945 Allied victory in World War II, ending Japans 35-year occupation of Korea. ... Seoul   is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ... Wonsan is a port city and naval base in southeastern North Korea. ... Pohang is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. ... The Donghae Nambu Line is a railway line connecting Busan to Pohang in South Korea. ...

With increasing talk of peaceful Korean reunification beginning in the 1990s, there have been various efforts to reopen the Donghae Bukbu Line, together with the Gyeongui Line in the west. An opened Donghae Bukbu Line would provide ready land access to the Kumgangsan resort area, which is open to South Korean tourists. However, although the cross-border tracks have been fully repaired, no actual trains have yet crossed the border. On May 24, 2006, North Korea cancelled plans for an initial test run to have been held near the end of the month.^[1] Unification Flag of Korea Korean reunification is the possible future unification of North Korea and South Korea under a single government. ... The Gyeongui Line is one of the oldest railway lines in Korea. ... KÅ­mgangsan (Diamond Mountain) is the second-tallest mountain in North Korea, with a height of 1638 metres. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

On May 18, 2007 The first train to cross the border between north and south Korea in over 50 years entered south Korea from the north. Currently, Korail opened the Jejin station and keeps some rolling stocks for a trial run. The Korea Railroad Corportation, now known as Korail, is the national railroad operator in South Korea. ...

Gallery

birds eye view of Donghae Bukbu line from Reunification Observatory Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution (1840 × 1232 pixel, file size: 572 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Donghae Bukbu Line Metadata This file...

external view of Jejin station Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 475 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Donghae Bukbu Line Metadata This file...

view from Jejin station platform (streamlined Saemaul-ho trains with Korail DEL 4400) Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 475 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Donghae Bukbu Line Metadata This file... The Saemaul-ho or Saemaul is a class of train operated by Korail, the national railroad of South Korea. ...

Notes

1. ^ N. Korea cancels train crossings. CNN International. Retrieved on 2006-05-24.

For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ...

See also

• Transportation in North Korea
• Transportation in South Korea
• Korea under Japanese rule