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Great Train eXpress (GTX) is a higher-speed commuter rail network in the Seoul Capital Area project consisting of three separate lines, named GTX-A, GTX-B and GTX-C, and scheduled for completion in 2030.[1] Three other lines, named GTX-D, GTX-E and GTX-F are being planned.[2]
GTX-A
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Groundbreaking for GTX Line A was held on December 27, 2018, with service initially expected to commence in 2023.[3] However, the project has been officially delayed due to land compensation issues and the discovery of archaeological ruins dating from the Joseon period.[4] Suseo, Seongnam, and Dongtan stations were opened on March 30, 2024, and Guseong Station opened on June 29, 2024.[5][6] The northern section of the line is anticipated to open late 2024 with the connection between Seoul Station and Suseo opening at the end of 2026.[7][8] Samseong Station has been further delayed and will not open until 2028, much after the rest of GTX-A opens.[9] Approximately 30 kilometers of the line are expected to share the same rail as the SRT, and an additional 9 kilometers towards the western end of the route are expected to be completely underground.[10]
| Station
Number |
Station name | Transfer | Line name | Distance (km) | Total distance (km) |
Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
| X101 | Unjeongjungang | 운정중앙 | 雲井中央 | GTX-A | — | 0.0 | Gyeonggi Province | Paju | |
| X102 | KINTEX (2024) | 킨텍스 | 킨텍스 | 6.7 | 6.7 | Goyang | |||
| X103 | Daegok (2024) | 대곡 | 大谷 | 6.9 | 13.6 | ||||
| X104 | Changneung (2027) | 창릉 | 昌陵 | 6.2 | 19.8 | ||||
| X105 | Yeonsinnae (2024) | 연신내 | 연신내 | 3.7 | 23.5 | Seoul | Eunpyeong | ||
| X106 | Seoul Station (2024) | 서울역 | 서울驛 | 9.5 | 33.0 | Jung | |||
| X107 | Samseong[A] (2028) | 삼성 | 三成 | 10.1 | 43.1 | Gangnam | |||
| X108 | Suseo | 수서 | 水西 | 5.2 | 48.3 | ||||
| X109 | Seongnam | 성남 | 城南 | 
|
Suseo–Pyeongtaek HSR (shared) | 10.7 | 59.0 | Gyeonggi Province | Seongnam |
| X110 | Guseong | 구성 | 駒城 | 
|
11.0 | 70.0 | Yongin | ||
| X111 | Dongtan | 동탄 | 東灘 | 
|
11.1 | 81.1 | Hwaseong | ||
GTX-B
editConstruction of GTX Line B commenced on March 7, 2024. It is planned to be completed by 2030.[11]
| Station number |
Station name | Transfer | Line name | Distance | Total distance |
Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
| TBA | Songdo Station[B] | 송도 | 松島 | 
|
GTX-B | — | 0.0 | Incheon | Yeonsu |
| Incheon City Hall | 인천시청 | 仁川市廳 | — | — | Namdong | ||||
| Bupyeong | 부평 | 富平 | 
|
— | — | Bupyeong | |||
| Bucheon Stadium | 부천종합운동장 | 富川综合运动场 | — | — | Gyeonggi | Bucheon | |||
| Sindorim | 신도림 | 新道林 | — | — | Seoul | Guro | |||
| Yeouido | 여의도 | 汝矣島 | — | — | Yeongdeungdo | ||||
| Yongsan | 용산 | 龍山 | — | — | Yongsan | ||||
| Seoul Station | 서울역 | 서울 | — | — | Jung | ||||
| Cheongnyangni | 청량리 | 淸凉里 | — | — | Dongdaemun | ||||
| Sangbong[C] | 상봉 | 上鳳 | — | — | Jungnang | ||||
| Byeollae | 별내 | 別內 | Gyeongchun Line (shared) | — | — | Gyeonggi | Namyangju | ||
| Pyeongnaehopyeong | 평내호평 | 坪內好坪 | 
|
— | — | ||||
| Maseok | 마석 | 磨石 |
|
— | — | ||||
GTX-C
editConstruction of GTX Line C commenced on January 25, 2024. It is planned to be completed by 2028.[12] According to the latest plans and following the selection of a preferred bidder for the construction of this line, 2 additional stations, Indeogwon Station and Wangsimni Station are likely to be added to the line.
| Station number |
Station name | Transfer | Line name | Distance | Total distance |
Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
| TBA | Suwon | 수원 | 水原 | Gyeongbu Line (shared) Gwacheon Line (shared) |
— | 0.0 | Gyeonggi | Suwon | |
| Geumjeong | 금정 | 衿井 | — | — | Gunpo | ||||
| Gwacheon[D] | 과천 | 果川 | 
|
GTX-C | — | — | Gwacheon | ||
| Yangjae | 양재 | 良才 | — | — | Seoul | Gangnam | |||
| Samseong | 삼성 | 三成 | — | — | |||||
| Cheongnyangni | 청량리 | 淸凉里 | — | — | Dongdaemun | ||||
| Kwangwoon University | 광운대 | 光云大 | — | — | Nowon | ||||
| Chang-dong | 창동 | 倉洞 | — | — | Dobong | ||||
| Uijeongbu | 의정부 | 議政府 |
|
Gyeongwon Line (shared) | — | — | Gyeonggi | Uijeongbu | |
| Deokjeong | 덕정 | 德亭 |
|
— | — | Yangju | |||
Additional plans for other lines
editThis section needs to be updated. (March 2024) |
Plans for a Line D were announced in 2021 by the previous government. However, the proposed route faced a lot of opposition, and has not been approved yet. The new government of Yoon Seok-youl has pledged to build 3 new lines (Lines D, E and F), for which the routes have not been decided yet, but which would likely include plans for a longer Line D than the one announced by the previous government. Plans for a Line G and H that will expand to the northern and southwestern regions of Gyeonggi Province have also been announced.[13]
| Station number |
Station name | Transfer | Line name | Distance | Total distance |
Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
| TBA | Janggi | 장기 | 場基 | 
|
GTX-D | — | 0.0 | Gyeonggi | Gimpo |
| Geomdan | 검단 | 黔丹 | — | Incheon | Seo | ||||
| Gyeyang | 계양 | 桂陽 | — | — | Gyeyang | ||||
| Daejang | 대장 | 大壯 | — | — | Gyeonggi | Bucheon | |||
| Dangarae | 당아래 | 당아래 | 
|
— | — | ||||
Criticism
editCritics argue that GTX project would increase the social and economic centripetal force towards Seoul leading to increased primacy and the collapse of other provincial cities.[14]
Notes
edit- ^ Bongeunsa station will be merged with Samseong Station.
- ^ Not to be confused with Songdo Station on the Suin-Bundang Line. This station will be located in Songdo International City and offer transfer to Incheon National University Station.
- ^ Sangbong station will be merged with Mangu Station.
- ^ This station is just named Gwacheon station, but located at Government Complex Gwacheon station.
References
edit- ^ "[Graphic News] GTX lines expansion". The Korea Herald. January 31, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "드디어 베일 벗은 '2기 GTX'…D·E·F 노선 '이곳' 지난다". 한국경제. January 25, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "파주~강남~동탄 GTX A노선 사업 오늘 착공". Naver (in Korean). Korean Broadcasting System. December 27, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "2025년 개통도 턱없다…'비운의 노선' GTX-A". m.post.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ "GTX-A commuter line to launch 1st leg Saturday". m.koreaherald.com. March 29, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "[단독]GTX-A 동탄-수서 '빈 퍼즐' 구성역, 내달 29일 개통". 뉴시스 (in Korean). May 18, 2024.
- ^ "New high-speed GTX train to cut Seoul-Gyeonggi commutes in half". Korea JoongAng Daily. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ 조계완 (March 29, 2024). "[Q&A] GTX-A 30일 첫 운행…K-패스 O, 기후동행카드 X". [Q&A] GTX-A 30일 첫 운행…K-패스 O, 기후동행카드 X (in Korean). Retrieved June 13, 2024.
- ^ "GTX-A 삼성역, 2028년에나 개통…최소 3년 노선분리".
- ^ Tebay, Andy (January 5, 2023). "Tunnelling completed in Seoul for GTX-A line". International Railway Journal. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ^ "GTX-B breaks ground for 30-min Seoul-Incheon commute". The Korea Herald. March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Construction of Seoul express Line C starts as part of the 'first year of the GTX era'". Railway Gazette International. February 2, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ 뉴시스 (April 1, 2024). "GTX 플러스 노선안 공개…포천~인천, 파주~위례신도시 연결". 뉴시스 (in Korean). Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ Donggyu, Seong (March 19, 2014). "'문제 투성이' GTX사업…우려 확산" [GTX project in "full of problems" - Lots of Concerns Appear]. Newsway (in Korean). Seoul. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
External links
edit- SG Rail – official website (in Korean)