Incheon Subway
Overview | |||
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Owner | Incheon City Government | ||
Locale | Incheon, South Korea | ||
Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
Number of lines | 2 | ||
Number of stations | 56 | ||
Daily ridership | 199,527 | ||
Operation | |||
Began operation | 1999 | ||
Operator(s) | Incheon Transit Corporation | ||
Technical | |||
System length | 58.5 km (36.4 mi) | ||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
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Incheon Subway | |
Hangul | 인천도시철도 |
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Hanja | 仁川都市鐵道 |
Revised Romanization | Incheon dosi cheoldo |
McCune–Reischauer | Inch'ŏn dosi ch'ŏldo |
The Incheon Subway (Hangul: 인천도시철도; Hanja: 仁川都市鐵道; RR: Incheon dosi cheoldo) subway line operator serving the South Korean city of Incheon. The system is operated by Incheon Transit Corporation.
Contents
1 Lines
1.1 Line 1
1.2 Line 2
2 Expansion
3 Fare
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Lines
Line Name English | Line Name Hangul | Starting Station(s) | Ending Station(s) | Stations | Total Length in km |
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1 | 1호선 | Gyeyang | International Business District | 29 | 29.4 km |
2 | 2호선 | Geomdan Oryu | Unyeon | 27 | 29.1 km |
Line 1
Line 1 is a 29.4-kilometer (18.3 mi) north-south subway line,.[1] After six years of construction, the line opened for regular service on October 6, 1999 as the fourth subway system in South Korea after Seoul, Busan and Daegu. A trip along the line from Gyeyang in the north to International Business District in the south takes approximately 57 minutes. The color of the line is light blue.
A one-station extension to Gyeyang opened in March 2007, providing transfers to AREX. A six-station south extension opened in June 2009.
The line uses 34 8-car trains. The first 25 trains were built between 1998 and 1999 by Daewoo Heavy Industries and Rotem, while the last 9 trains were built between 2007 and 2008 by Hyundai Rotem to provide trains following the extension of the line.
Line 2
Line 2 is a 29.1-kilometer (18.1 mi) north-south light metro line. After seven years of construction, the line opened for regular service on July 30, 2016. There are transfer points at Geomam (with AREX), Juan (with Seoul Subway Line 1), and Incheon City Hall (with Incheon Line 1). Line 2 has aboveground sections north of Asiad Stadium. The color of the line is Orange.
The line uses 37 2-car trains, all of which were built in 2013 by Hyundai Rotem.
Expansion
The future Line 3 is planned to be a circular line of the Incheon Subway. It will intersect Seoul Subway Line 1 at Dowon Station and Incheon Subway Line 1 at Dongmak Station. The color will be Light Green.
Fare
See also
- Transport in South Korea
- List of Korea-related topics
- Incheon
Seoul Metropolitan Subway - the bigger urban rail system that Incheon Metro is incorporated into- List of metro systems
References
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External links
Incheon Transit Corporation – official homepage (in English)
Incheon at UrbanRail.net (in English)
Subway transferring information for South Korea (in English) (in Japanese) (in Korean)
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