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Relationship between Railroad Station and Local Central Place on Jeolla Railroad Line

  • Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers
  • Abbr : JAKG
  • 2019, 8(2), pp.205-219
  • DOI : 10.25202/JAKG.8.2.8
  • Publisher : Association of Korean Geographers
  • Research Area : Social Science > Geography
  • Received : June 28, 2019
  • Accepted : July 22, 2019
  • Published : August 31, 2019

Cho Sung Wook 1

1전북대학교 지리교육과

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the railroad station and the local central place on the Jeolla Railroad Line opened in 1937. The findings of this study are summarized as follows; First, the Jeolla Railroad Line completed by purchasing Jeonju ↔ Iri section opened in 1914 and Suncheon ↔ Yeosu section opened in 1930, and constructed Jeonju ↔ Suncheon section in 1937. After that, moving to the outer region in Jeonju city in 1981, and upgrade and double-rowing improvement from 1989 to 2011. Secondly, the Jeolla Railroad Line started with 34 stations at the time of opening in 1937, and added 9 stations after that. In 2015, 30 stations are operating. The Jeolla Railroad Line had more stations than the Honam Railroad Line despite of the short length. Thirdly, Jeolla Railroad Line passing through the mountain region which had many restrictions on the railroad course and station location compared to the Honam Railroad Line (plain region). There are many terrain obstacles such as the Mangyeong River, the Seomjin River, Sulchi (uphill pass), Songchi. Fourthly, Honam Railroad Line focused on the connection of the local central places, but Jeolla Railroad Line focused on connecting the major points. The result is that Honam Railroad Line made new local central places by the introduction of railway traffic. However, the Jeolla Railroad Line did not affect on the formation and change of local central places.

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