Busan Modern and Contemporary History 'Busan Donghae Line Dongrae Station'

Address: 112-3 Nakmin-dong, Dongrae-gu, Busan Metropolitan City Atmosphere/Facilities: Old Donghae Line and New Donghae Line! Special Reason: Donghae Line Dongrae Station, an old railway with history Average Price Per Person: Free Rating: ●●●●● ----- The area around Nakmin-dong, Dongrae-gu, Busan is where Donghae Line Dongrae Station is located. In fact, it is close to Line 4 Nakmin Station, so the area around Nakmin-dong is an area where both the Donghae Line and Line 4 run. To understand Busan's modern and contemporary history, you need to know about the railroad built during the Japanese colonial period. To put it simply, Busan was the closest port city to Japan, and since it was a place where many Japanese people visited from the late Joseon Dynasty, urbanization began to take place starting from the current Busanjin area. As urbanization progressed, railroads came to Busan, but these railroads were not built to suit the interests of the Korean people, but to benefit Japan. As a result, Japan, which had to receive seafood, grains, and mining and forestry products from the East Sea and ship them to its home country, had to create an inland cargo station adjacent to Busan Port, which was the beginning of Dongrae Station. It was built and operated as an ordinary station since the 1930s, and after liberation in 1945, it was used as a passenger station connecting Dongrae and Busan on the East Sea during a project to reorganize Busan's railway infrastructure, and was then closed. It is a building that shows Korea's modern and contemporary history well, and is a style built using asbestos, concrete, and slate, which were popular construction methods in Japan during the modern period. The old Dongrae Station is currently not open to the public. It seems that it needs some internal maintenance and repairs. Next to the old Dongrae Station is the new Dongrae Station on the Donghae Line, which feels really strange. #vacation trip #summer vacation #Busan trip #railway #train trip #Busan Dongrae #Dongrae-gu #Dongrae Station #travel destination recommendation #Busan #outing #safe travel