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{{Short description|Railway line in South Korea}}
{{Expand Korean|date=September 2022|topic=transp}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name                            = Daegu Line
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| native_name                     = 대구선(大邱線)
| native_name_lang                = ko
| color                           = 0A3D86
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| image                           = Korail Daegu Line.png
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| type                            = [[Passenger rail terminology#Heavy rail|Heavy rail]], Passenger/freight rail<br/>[[Regional rail]], [[Intercity rail]]
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| status                          = Operational
| locale                          = [[Daegu]]<br/>[[North Gyeongsang Province|North Gyeongsang]]
| start                           = [[Gacheon station|Gacheon]]
| end                             = [[Yeongcheon station|Yeongcheon]]
| stations                        = 8
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| open                            = Stages between 1917–1918
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| owner                           = [[Korea National Railway]]
| operator                        = [[Korail]]
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| linelength_km                   = 29.0
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| tracks                          = [[Double track]]
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vCONTg\\\\~~ ~~ ~~[[Gyeongbu Line]], [[Gyeongbu high-speed railway|Gyeongbu HSR]] (to [[Daejeon]])
vABZgl-STR\vSTR+r-\\\
vBHF-L\vBHF-R-\\\~~0.0~~[[Dongdaegu station|Dongdaegu]]
veABZgl-STR\exSTRq!~vSTR-\exSTRq\exSTR+r\
vSTR\vSTR-\WASSER+l\exhKRZWae\WCONTfq~~ ~~ ~~[[Geumho River]]
vSTR\vSTR-\WASSER\exHST\~~3.1~~<del>Dongchon</del>
vHST-STR\vHST-\WASSER\exSTR\~~ ~~ ~~Gomo
vDST-STR\vDST-\WASSER\exSTR\~~0.0~~[[Gacheon station|Gacheon]]
vCONTf\vSTR-\WASSER\exSTR\~~ ~~ ~~←[[Gyeongbu Line]], [[Gyeongbu high-speed railway|Gyeongbu HSR]] (to [[Busan]])
\SHI1+r\WASSER\exHST\exCONTg~~5.6~~<del>Sinpyeong</del>
WCONTgq\hKRZWae\WASSERr\exABZgl\exABZgr~~ ~~ ~~
\STR\\exHST\exTUNNEL1~~8.5~~<del>Banyawol</del>
\HST\\exSTR\exSTR~~4.3~~Geumgang
\KRWl\exSTR+l!~KRW+r\exABZqr\exSTRr
BHF~~{{BSsplit|8.1|<del>14.0</del>}}~~Cheongcheon
BHF~~14.1~~Hayang
HST~~19.0~~Geumho
exKRW+l\eKRWgr\
exHST\STR\~~23.2~~Bongjeong
exSTRl\KRZol+l\CONTfq~~ ~~ ~~[[Jungang Line]] (to [[Andong]])→
BHF~~29.0~~[[Yeongcheon station|Yeongcheon]]
CONTf~~ ~~ ~~[[Jungang Line]] (to [[Gyeongju]])
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{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=대구선
|hanja=大邱線
|rr=Daeguseon
|mr=Taegusŏn
}}
The '''Daegu Line''' ({{Korean|hangul=대구선}}) is a railway line in [[South Korea]].  The line connects [[Gacheon station]] on the [[Gyeongbu Line]] in [[Daegu]] to [[Yeongcheon station|Yeongcheon]] on the [[Jungang Line]]. The line is served by frequent passenger trains between [[Seoul]] (via the Gyeongbu Line), Dongdaegu, and [[Gyeongju]], [[Pohang]] and [[Ulsan]] (via the Jungang and [[Donghae Nambu Line]]s).

==History==

The first section of the Daegu Line was opened in 1917, between [[Daegu station|Daegu]] and Hayang.<ref name="relocate"/>  The line was extended to the Haksan station in [[Pohang]] until 1919 as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Section !! Length
|-
| 1 November 1917 || Daegu–Hayang || 23.0&nbsp;km
|-
| 1 September 1918 || Hayang–Gyeongju || 46.0&nbsp;km
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 31 October 1918 || Gyeongju–Pohang || 36.4&nbsp;km
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 27 June 1919 || Pohang–Haksan || style="text-align: right;" | 2.0&nbsp;km
|}

A branch was opened from [[Gyeongju]] to [[Taehwagang station|Ulsan]] on October 25, 1921.<ref name="relocate"/>

The sections from Gyeongju to Pohang and Ulsan were integrated into the [[Donghae Nambu Line]] on December 16, 1935. On 1 July 1938 the reconstruction of the section [[Daegu station|Daegu]]–Yeongcheon was complete with the standard gauge.<ref>朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), 24 June 1938</ref> On 1 December 1938 the section Yeongcheon–Gyeongju became a part of the Gyeonggyeong Nambu Line (the southern part of the [[Jungang Line]]), which was established on April 1, 1942. At the same time the present section was renamed the Daegu Line.<ref>朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), 28 November 1938</ref>

===Upgrade===<!-- [[Korea Train Express#Further upgrades of connecting conventional lines]] links here-->

The {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} section from Dongdaegu to Cheongcheon was replaced by a new alignment that takes the Daegu Line to meet the Gyeongbu Line at [[Gacheon station|Gacheon]], lengthening the Dongdaegu–Cheongcheon line distance to {{convert|16.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="relocate">{{cite web |url=http://www.silvernews.or.kr/?inc=newsview&no=675&s=14&ss=0&sss=0 |script-title=ko:대구선 일부구간 이설 개통 |language=Korean |date=2005-11-14 |publisher=Silvernet News |accessdate=2010-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722141406/http://www.silvernews.or.kr/?inc=newsview&no=675&s=14&ss=0&sss=0 |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Dongdaegu to Cheongcheon rail distance changed to {{convert|38.4|km|mi|abbr=on}},<ref name="relocate"/> line proper from Gacheon to Yeongcheon is {{convert|29.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} long.<ref name="lineop">{{cite web |url=http://info.korail.com/2007/kra/ope/ope08000/w_ope08606.jsp |title=경영원칙 > 경영공시 > 영업현황 > 영업거리현황 |publisher=[[Korail]] |accessdate=2010-12-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722192217/http://info.korail.com/2007/kra/ope/ope08000/w_ope08606.jsp |archivedate=2011-07-22 }}</ref>  The project was launched in August 1997 with a planned completion in 2000, but economic difficulties and planning changes delayed completion, the line relocation was finally inaugurated on November 3, 2005.<ref name="relocate"/>  Part of the project was the replacement of a {{convert|1.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} branch to [[Daegu Airport]] from the old alignment with a {{convert|9.04|km|mi|abbr=on}} spur line paralleling the highway west from Cheongcheon to the airport, finished a year later.<ref name="relocate"/>

The Daegu Line was considered for an upgrade to a double-tracked, electrified railway in a straighter, {{convert|34.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} long alignment from 2000.<ref name="KRNA_2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.krnetwork.or.kr/service/condition/RouteMapView.do?PA_MAP_ID=12414 |title=대구선 복선전철 |publisher=Korea Rail Network Authority |accessdate=2010-10-24}}</ref>  Detailed plans were prepared by 2009, the foreseen budget was 988.042 billion won, and the completion of the project was set for 2017.<ref name="KRNA_2010"/>  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 Daegu Line is to be set out for 230&nbsp;km/h and may see [[Korea Train Express|KTX]] service.<ref name="plans2020">{{cite web |url=http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2925474 |title=Bullet trains coming to a town near you by 2020 |date=2010-09-02 |publisher=[[JoongAng Daily]] |accessdate=2010-10-27}}</ref> On 28 December 2021, electrification was completed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kukinews.com/newsView/kuk202112280155|first=Jaeyong|last=choi|title=Era of electrified double-track railway opens in Daegu, Jungang, Donghaenambu line after 100 years|date=2021-12-28|access-date=2021-12-30|language=ko}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Korail]] 
*[[Transportation in South Korea]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Bibliography==
* [[Japanese Government Railways]] (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在 (List of stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, pp 493–494

== External links ==
* [https://www.korail.com/global/eng/intro Korail] {{in lang|en}}

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[[Category:Railway lines in South Korea]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1917]]