Train Ticket in the Korean Empire Period

This is a train staff, a token used to prevent collisions on single-track railway lines. Before staff-block signalling equipment was introduced, it served as a kind of operating permit exchanged between the stationmaster and the engine driver, agreed between the two stations concerned without the use of any mechanical apparatus. The train staff marked "Gyeongin Line 572" was used from the opening of the Gyeongin Line in 1899 — Korea's first railway, linking Seoul and Incheon — until it was withdrawn when staff-block equipment was installed in August 1908. The train staff marked "301" was used from the opening of the Gyeongui Line (Yongsan–Sinuiju) in April 1906 until 1908. The train staff marked "3237" was used on the military railway built between Seoul and Uiju from February 1904, and subsequently on the temporary military railways built thereafter. The train staff marked "1199" was used on certain sections under construction after work began on the Gyeongui Line in 1902, and was withdrawn when the Gyeongui Line opened in April 1906. The train staff marked "Gyeongbu Line 2245" was used from the opening of the Gyeongbu Line in 1905. All five are the only train staffs of their kind from that period still surviving in Korea.

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Where it is

Region

Uiwang, Gyeonggi

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산