한반도종단철도(TKR)의 단절에 관한 연구 - 해방후 한반도의 분할과 한국전쟁의 발발을 중심으로

Abstract

Through this study, it was confirmed that the TKR was cut off along with the division of the Korean Peninsula. In other words, after liberation in 1945, the Korean Peninsula railway network was divided into South and North and managed. In particular, due to the Korean War in June 1950, railroads and related facilities built across the Korean Peninsula were thoroughly destroyed. As a result, the Korean Peninsula was divided into North and South Korea by the Armistice Line. In addition, the operation of the TKR connecting South and North Korea was completely stopped and cut off. As such, South Korea’s railroad facilities were brutally destroyed during the Korean War, but the South Korean railroads were restored and managed by the U.S. Military Government. In other words, the restoration of railroad facilities in South Korea was mainly promoted in terms of economic support by the US military government. As mentioned above, in the early days of Korea Railroad, the railroad network was cut off due to the division of South and North Korea following liberation. In the Korean War, the railroad facilities were completely destroyed. In particular, the severance of the TKR became a factor that brought about an economic disparity between the two Koreas immediately after liberation. Today, it has become a symbol of the divided Korean Peninsula.