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Great Train eXpress is a planned 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 2025. [1] [2] [3]
Groundbreaking for GTX Line A was held on December 27, 2018, with service expected to commence in 2023. [4] However, the project has been officially delayed due to land compensation issues and the discovery of archeological ruins dating from the Joseon period. [5] The Suseo-Dongtan section is now scheduled to be completed in 2023 and the rest of the line to open in 2024. [6] Samseong Station being even further delayed and will remain closed after the rest of GTX A opens until 2028. [7] As of October 2021, the project was only about 20% complete, leading to speculation that GTX A is more likely to be completed around 2024 or 2025 or even later. [8] [5] Approximately 30 kilometers of the line are expected to share the same rail as the SRT, and a further 9 km towards the western end of the route are expected to be completely underground. [9]
Station number |
Station name | Transfer | Line name | Distance | Total distance |
Location | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
TBA | Unjeong [A] | 운정 | 雲 井 | GTX A | — | 0.0 | Gyeonggi Province | Paju | |
KINTEX [B] | 킨텍스 | 킨텍스 | — | — | Goyang | ||||
Daegok | 대곡 | 大 谷 | — | — | |||||
Yeonsinnae | 연신내 | 연신내 | — | — | Seoul | Eunpyeong | |||
Seoul Station | 서울역 | 서울驛 | — | — | Jung | ||||
Samseong [C] | 삼성 | 三 成 | — | — | Gangnam | ||||
Suseo | 수서 | 水 西 | — | — | |||||
Seongnam | 성남 | 城 南 | Suseo–Pyeongtaek HSR (shared) | — | — | Gyeonggi Province | Seongnam | ||
Guseong | 구성 | 駒 城 | — | — | Yongin | ||||
Dongtan | 동탄 | 東 灘 | — | — | Hwaseong |
Construction of GTX Line B is expected to start in 2023.
Station number |
Station name | Transfer | Line name | Distance | Total distance |
Location | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
TBA | Songdo Station [D] | 송도 | 松 島 | GTX B | — | 0.0 | Incheon | Yeonsu | |
Incheon City Hall | 인천시청 | 仁 川 市廳 | — | — | Namdong | ||||
Bupyeong | 부평 | 富 平 | — | — | Bupyeong | ||||
Dangarae | 당아래 | 당아래 | — | — | 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 | ||||
Mangu | 망우 | 忘 憂 | — | — | Jungnang | ||||
Byeollae | 별내 | 別 內 | Gyeongchun Line (shared) | — | — | Gyeonggi | Namyangju | ||
Pyeongnaehopyeong | 평내호평 | 坪 內 好 坪 | — | — | |||||
Maseok | 마석 | 磨 石 | — | — |
Construction of GTX Line C is expected to start in 2022. 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 [E] | 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 | Gyeongwon Line (shared) | — | — | Nowon | |||
Chang-dong | 창동 | 倉 洞 | — | — | Dobong | ||||
Uijeongbu | 의정부 | 議 政 府 | — | — | Gyeonggi | Uijeongbu | |||
Deokjeong | 덕정 | 德 亭 | — | — | Yangju |
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 (Line 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.
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 | — | — |
Critics 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. [10]