Great Train eXpress
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]
GTX A
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 | |||
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English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
TBA | Unjeong[upper-alpha 1] | 운정 | 雲井 | GTX A | — | 0.0 | Gyeonggi-do | Paju | |
KINTEX[upper-alpha 2] | 킨텍스 | 킨텍스 | — | — | Goyang | ||||
Daegok | 대곡 | 大谷 | — | — | |||||
Yeonsinnae | 연신내 | 연신내 | — | — | Seoul | Eunpyeong | |||
Seoul Station | 서울역 | 서울역 | — | — | Jung | ||||
Samseong[upper-alpha 3] | 삼성역 | 三成 | — | — | Gangnam | ||||
Suseo | 수서역 | 水西 | — | — | |||||
Seongnam | 성남역 | 城南 | Suseo–Pyeongtaek HSR (shared) | — | — | Gyeonggi-do | Seongnam | ||
Yongin | 용인역 | 龍仁 | — | — | Yongin | ||||
Dongtan | 동탄역 | 東灘 | — | — | Hwaseong | ||||
GTX B
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[upper-alpha 4] | 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 | — | — | |||||
GTX C
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 | |||
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English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
TBA | Suwon | 수원 | 水原 | Gyeongbu Line (shared) Gwacheon Line (shared) |
— | 0.0 | Gyeonggi | Suwon | |
Geumjeong | 금정 | 衿井 | — | — | Gunpo | ||||
Gwacheon[upper-alpha 5] | 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 | ||||
Additional plans for GTX D and other lines
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 | |||
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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
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]
Notes
- Not to be confused with the current Unjeong station.
- Not to be confused with the current Daehwa station.
- 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.
- This station is just named Gwacheon station, but located at Government Complex Gwacheon station.
References
- Tebay, Andy (April 7, 2017). "Seoul to build high-speed regional rail network".
- Tebay, Andy. "Seoul set for urban rail expansion".
- "Gov't to deploy 'quasi-KTX high-speed' trains by 2025".
- "파주~강남~동탄 GTX A노선 사업 오늘 착공". Naver (in Korean). KBS. 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, 공사 늦어지는 삼성역 빼고 우선 개통". www.donga.com (in Korean). October 18, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- "GTX-A 삼성역, 2028년에나 개통…최소 3년 노선분리".
- 조선비즈 (October 5, 2021). "[단독] GTX A 8월 말 기준 공정률 20.6%...2024년 6월 완공 목표 '삐걱'". 조선비즈 (in Korean). Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- Tebay, Andy (January 5, 2023). "Tunnelling completed in Seoul for GTX-A line". International Railway Journal. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- 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.