Gyeongam-dong Railroad Village경암동 철길마을

At a glance

The tracks here were laid in 1944, under Japanese rule, to carry materials for newsprint between a paper mill and Gunsan Station, a line of about 2.5 km in all. People soon began building homes right beside the rails, and by the 1970s a real village had grown up along them. The line changed names as the mill changed owners and is now known as the Paper Korea line. Trains no longer run, but the rails remain, and the strip leans into a 1970s–80s mood: stalls sell dalgona and ppopgi candy and ddakji games, and shops rent old-style school uniforms for photos.

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Gyeongam-dong Railroad Village · 1 tours & tickets

1. KlookPrivate taxi tour from Jeonju (Gunsan route)A private taxi tour from Jeonju with Jeonju, Gunsan, Gochang and Naejangsan routes. The 8-hour Gunsan route covers Gyeongam-dong Railroad Village and the Modern History Museum.Book

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Tips

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  Rent a retro school uniform from one of the shops along the tracks; it's the village's signature photo experience.