History
The Gyeongwon line was opened along its full length between Yongsan Station in Seoul and Wonsan on August 16, 1914. The division of Korea cut the line in half in 1945. The South Korean part of the line is 88.8 km (55.2 mi) long between Yongsan and Sintan-ri.
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. As part of the program, in the outskirts of Seoul, a 4.9 km (3.0 mi) long avoiding line was built from Seongbuk to Mangu on the Jungang Line, called the Mangu Line, which opened on December 30, 1963.
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