Seoul City Councilor Kim In-ho: "Cheongnyangni Station as a Metropolitan Transportation Hub in the Seoul Capital Area..."

Welcome to the Launch of the Study on Cheongnyangni Station Space Structure Improvement and Metropolitan Transfer Center Basic Plan... The 2018 Proposal for 'Integrated Development of Cheongnyangni Station Underground Space and Creation of a New Transportation and Commercial Hub in the Northeast Area' Is Becoming a Reality, Expected to Emerge as a Business and Job Center

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seoul Metropolitan Council member Kim In-ho (Democratic Party, Dongdaemun 3) expressed his welcome for the commencement of a research project on the “Cheongnyangni Station Spatial Structure Improvement and Metropolitan Transfer Center” basic plan, aimed at transforming the 109-year-old Cheongnyangni Station into a metropolitan area transportation hub.

Despite being a large-scale station used by approximately 140,000 people daily?100,000 by rail and 40,000 by bus?the Cheongnyangni Station area suffers from inconvenient transfer systems and neglected surrounding marginalized areas, making the implementation of a comprehensive development plan that encompasses transportation system improvements and regional development more urgent here than anywhere else.

In March 2018, Council member Kim In-ho advocated for the integrated development of the underground space of Cheongnyangni Station and the creation of Dongdaemun-gu as a new transportation and commercial hub in the northeastern part of Seoul. He emphasized the need to prepare a complex and systematic development plan linked to the railway site and surrounding areas of Cheongnyangni Station so that Cheongnyangni could become the cornerstone of Dongdaemun-gu’s regional development.

Furthermore, in February 2019, he reiterated his call to develop Cheongnyangni Station as a new transportation and commercial hub in northeastern Seoul, triggered by the passage of urban rail lines such as the Gangbuk Transversal Line, Myeonmok Line, GTX B, GTX C, and metropolitan railways through Cheongnyangni Station.

Therefore, with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Metropolitan Area Transport Committee) joining hands with the Korea Rail Network Authority and Korea Railroad Corporation to initiate the “Cheongnyangni Station Spatial Structure Improvement and Metropolitan Transfer Center Basic Plan Research Project” as a starting point for developing the Cheongnyangni Station area, it is expected that the proposals advocated by Council member Kim In-ho will become a reality.

Council member Kim In-ho stated, “This research project aims to strengthen connectivity with existing transportation networks centered on the newly added metropolitan area express railway (GTX), significantly reduce transfer times, and establish the transfer center as a hub for metropolitan transportation and regional development.”

The specific basic plan focuses on ?concentrating transportation facilities such as GTX-B, C, Gangbuk Transversal Line, and Myeonmok Line in underground spaces ?creating innovative jobs for youth and supplying public housing linked to these jobs, thereby maximizing synergy effects through optimal alternatives.

Kim In-ho said, “Currently, Cheongnyangni Station operates six lines including Line 1, Gyeongchun Line, and Jungang Line, as well as 66 bus routes including metropolitan buses. In the future, four additional lines?GTX-B, GTX-C, Myeonmok Line, and Gangbuk Transversal Line?are planned, making it expected to become the center of metropolitan railways in the metropolitan area.” He added, “I hope the long-awaited project to build the Cheongnyangni Station Metropolitan Transfer Center will be promptly promoted so that the Cheongnyangni Station area can emerge as a transportation hub and a center for business and jobs in the northeastern region.”

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