1960년대 서울지역 전차교통의 한계와 철거

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the demolition process of trams that played a key role in the transportation of Seoul City in the 1960s. Through this, we could understand that it was a new transitional period for the transport system after the colonial period. With the population concentrated into Seoul after war, the administrative district of the city was expanded in 1963. This led to the urban development plans beyond the range of tram networks, and discussion over the role of trams as urban transportation. Trams that used to transport about average 500,000 passengers a day were still necessary to relieve the traffic burden especially during the rush hours, but some people insisted on demolishing them for their disadvantages obstructing automobile traffic and causing accidents. Accordingly, Seoul City decided to construct high-speed trams in 1965. Although this plan was not realized, it has significance for trying to overcome limitations of trams with high-speed trams; this was focused on the establishment of the public transportation system enabling mass transport by converting from trams to high-speed trams. In 1966, the appearance of Mayor Kim Hyun-ok forecasted changes in the tram transportation. Mayor Kim started underground construction after announcing his first pledge, ‘Relieving traffic congestion,’ and separated automobiles and pedestrians by building overpasses, pedestrian bridges and elevated roads. At that time, space in Seoul was undergoing the process of reorganizing focused on automobiles. Considering that the construction of Seoul-Incheon and Seoul-Busan expressways was in preparation at the national level, the transition from ‘the era of trams’ to ‘the era of automobiles’ was natural.