Dream of Inter-Korean Railway Connection... Environmental Improvement of Jejin Station, the Northernmost Point of the Donghae Line

On April 27, the Donghae Bukbu Line promotion ceremony was held at Jejin Station in Goseong-gun, Gangwon Province.
The Donghae Bukbu Line is a longitudinal railway connecting Gangneung to Jejin Station. The line was discontinued in 1967 and has remained disconnected until now. With the promotion ceremony held on this day, it is expected to be restored after 53 years.

The Ministry of Unification's Inter-Korean Entry Office announced on the 22nd that it will create a Peaceful Unification Experience Center at Jejin Station, the northernmost railway station on the Donghae Line.

According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the Ministry of Unification, Gangwon Provincial Office of Education, and Korail, the Ministry of Unification will create a cosmos flower garden on 15,000㎡ of idle land in front of the platform at Jejin Station in Goseong-gun, Gangwon Province, and Korail will provide five passenger cars and one locomotive free of charge for five years.

The Gangwon Provincial Office of Education plans to move the train to Jejin Station in cooperation with Korail and, with support from the Ministry of Unification, decorate the train as a themed experience center focused on peace and unification by October.

The experience center will be used as a place to promote the inter-Korean railway connection project to the public and will also operate as an experiential learning center for students nationwide starting from the new school year in 2021.

The MOU also includes a clause stating that "Korail may dispose of the exhibited train at Jejin Station if conditions change, such as the opening of the Donghae Bukbu Line, even within the five-year period of free train support."

Promotional material related to the inter-Korean railway connection project by the Ministry of Unification

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