Post-War Korea’s Energy Transition and the Formation of the Railway Network: Focusing on Transition from Wood to Coal

Key Points

• The study aims to explore how the Korean government's energy policies in the 1960s transformed the railway network and regional development.
• Analysis of government policies regarding energy supply from wood to coal.
• Examination of the impacts on railway infrastructure and regional development.
• Evaluation of coal mining regions and new railway routes established during the period.
• The Korean government actively promoted the transition from wood to coal energy from the 1960s to early 1970s.
• This led to the development of coal mining areas and new railway routes.
• A new railway network was established, connecting regions and facilitating economic growth in southern Korea.