The Jeonnam Line (å ¨åÂÂç·Â, Zen'nan-sen) was a railway line of the Chà Âsen Railway (Chà Âtetsu) of colonial-era Korea, located in South Jeolla Province.
On 13 July 1918, the privately owned Chà Âsen Southern Railway was granted a concession to build a railway line from Songjeongni (now Gwangju Songjeong) to Masan via Damyang and Jinju. Work on the SongjeongniâÂÂDamyang section began in April 1921, and was opened to traffic on 1 July 1922 as the Jeonnam Line; the month prior, work had begun on the MasanâÂÂJinju section, which was later opened as the Gyeongnam Line. On 1 September 1923, the Chà Âsen Southern Railway merged with five other privately owned railways to create the Chà Âsen Railway. Work to build the DamyangâÂÂJinju section was never completed, and on 31 October 1944, the GwangjuâÂÂDamyang section was dismantled. After the end of the Pacific War and the nationalisation of Korea's railways, the Korean National Railroad divided the Jeonnam Line, making the GwangjuâÂÂSeongjeongni section part of the Gwangju Line, and after completing the SongjeongâÂÂJinju section, merging that into the Gyeongjeon Line.