The Keijin Railway LP (Japanese: 京仁鐵道合資會社, Keijin Tetsudō gōshi gaisha; ), was a privately owned railway company in the Korean Empire.
It opened the first railway line on the Korean peninsula,[1] running from Noryangjin, on the shore of the Han River across from Gyeongseong, to Chukhyeon in Incheon, on 18 September 1899.[2] Soon after, on 8 July 1900 the line was extended across the Han River to Gyeongseong.[3]
History
Background
Although the Korean government had realised the necessity of building a railway, the financial resources needed were lacking, as was the ability to undertake such a project.