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The Seoul Metropolitan Subway (Korean : 수도권 전철) is a metropolitan railway system consisting of 23 rapid transit, light metro, commuter rail and people mover lines located in northwest South Korea. The system serves most of the Seoul Metropolitan Area including the Incheon metropolis and satellite cities in Gyeonggi province.
Travel time from one end to the other is an estimated 30 minutes and transfers are available at Gimpo International Airport station. In 2012, planners expected 88,257 passengers during the first year of operation (then 2018), 91,501 in 2021, and 92,561 in 2026 with an operating deficit of roughly 10 billion won.
The trains were delivered from 2019 to 2020 and replaced aging 1st generation 2000-series trains, rebuilt trains formed from newer 1st generation 2000-series cars, and 2nd batch standardized wide-width trains. In 2018, Seoul Metro ordered a fifth batch comprising four six-car trains (2-45~2-48) and 22 unpowered non-driving cars, from Dawonsys. [5]
In 1989, parts of Gyeyang town were ceded to Incheon, giving Incheon a border with southwestern Seoul. The Geomdan area was transferred to Incheon in 1995. In 1998, Gimpo was promoted to a city (si). A major new development, the Gimpo Han River New Town, was announced in 2003, significantly increasing the population of the city since its ...
Subway line 2 in Seoul, Korea a subway map of the metropolitan area. South Korea's six largest cities — Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Daejeon and Incheon — all have subway systems. Seoul's subway system is the oldest system in the country, with the Seoul Station – Cheongnyangni section of Line 1 opening in 1974.
Due to the popularity of Jeju as a holiday spot in South Korea, the air route from Jeju to Seoul is the busiest airline route in the world. [37] In 2019, there were 85,000 flights from eight different airlines, meanwhile, 17 million seats were sold on flights between Gimpo and Jeju.
September 28, 2019 Geolpo Bukbyeon Station ( Korean : 걸포북변역 ) is a station on the Gimpo Goldline in Gimpo , South Korea. It opened on September 28, 2019.
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