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Railway line serving South Gyeongsang and South Jeolla Provinces in South Korea

The Gyeongjeon Line (Gyeongjeonseon) is a railway line serving South Gyeongsang and South Jeolla Provinces in South Korea. It covers a total of 300.6 km, from Samnangjin Station in Miryang, South Gyeongsang, to Gwangju Songjeong Station in Gwangju, South Jeolla.

An east west railway along Korea's southern shore was long seen as a strategic route, but it took a number of attempts to complete the line. the Jinju Line opened from Masan to Jinju, extending the line to Six years later, on December 16, 1936, the Suncheon–Yeosu section became part of the newly established Jeolla Line, As part of the program, work began on a line to plug the gap between Jinju and Suncheon on April 28, 1962. On September 1, 2010, the South Korean government announced a strategic plan to reduce travel times from Seoul to 95% of the country to under 2 hours by 2020. As part of the plan, the entire Gyeongjeon Line is to be further upgraded for 230 km/h.

The upgraded section will be 101.4 km long. The 41 km section until Masan includes a re alignment with tunnels closer to Changwon, the Masan–Jinju section also includes significant re alignments along the way. By April 2009, construction progress reached 50.9% of the planned budget of 2,018.782 billion won. By April 2009, progress was 80.7% out of a total budget of 902.384 billion won. The line was opened and the first freight train travelled the line on December 13, 2010. A planned new direct connection from Busan will meet up with the realigned Gyeongjeon Line at Jillye. The 32.6 km long double track cutoff is expected to be finished by 2017 with a budget of 1,396.15 billion won. The project is to be implemented with private finance, the preferred bidder for the franchise was selected in July 2010. This line is foreseen for an upgrade to 230 km/h under the government's 2010 plan for 2020. By March 2010, progress was 19% out of a budget of 1,005.984 billion won. The upgrade works also commenced at the junction with the Jeolla Line east of Suncheon. Electrification is to reach Suncheon by 2014.