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On March 24, Oh Gyu-seok, the mayor of Gijang-gun (far right), and Gijang-gun staff visited the Korea Railroad Corporation in Daejeon to strongly request the establishment of a new KTX-Eum stop station within Gijang-gun.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan's Gijang-gun has stepped up to attract a new stop station for KTX-Eum, the new high-speed train operated by Korea Railroad Corporation.

On the 25th, Gijang-gun announced that it will focus its administrative efforts on attracting a new KTX-Eum stop station along with the long-awaited urban rail lines, the Gijang Line and the Nopo-Jeonggwan Line.

Gijang-gun declared its intention to attract a new KTX-Eum stop station ahead of the opening of the KTX-Eum line connecting Busan Bujeon and Seoul Cheongnyangni in 2022.

On the 24th, Gijang-gun Governor Oh Gyu-seok and others visited Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) in Daejeon to strongly request the establishment of a new KTX-Eum stop station within Gijang-gun.

Since January this year, the new KTX has been operating preferentially along the KTX Jungang Line between Seoul Cheongnyangni and Andong. In the future, this line will extend south from Andong Station to connect to Singyeongju Station, and by the end of 2022, it is planned to continue to Ulsan Taehwagang Station, Bujeon Station, and other stations on the Donghae Line.

Gijang-gun aims for the new KTX line running from Taehwagang to Bujeon Station to stop within the Gijang area.

Gijang-gun plans to promote the new KTX-Eum stop station in conjunction with attracting the urban rail lines ‘Gijang Line’ and ‘Nopo-Jeonggwan Line’.

The ‘Gijang Line’ is an urban rail line with a total length of 7.1 km, connecting Anpyeong Station on Urban Rail Line 4, passing through Gijang and Gyori, and reaching Ilgwang New Town.

The ‘Nopo-Jeonggwan Line’ is a tram line with a total length of 22.97 km, connecting Nopo Station on Urban Rail Line 1, passing through Wolpyeong and Jeonggwan New Town, and reaching Jwacheon Station. It is being promoted according to Busan City's urban rail network construction plan.

Currently, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is reviewing whether to include parts of these lines in the metropolitan area wide-area transportation basic plan and implementation plan.

If the new KTX-Eum stop station in Gijang is realized, the urban rail, metropolitan railway (Donghae Line), and KTX-Eum (quasi-high-speed rail) will be connected as one centered on Gijang-gun, improving accessibility to Busan city center and enabling a nationwide transportation network, which is expected to bring revolutionary improvements to the transportation system in the Gijang area.

In the future, increased ridership and profitability of urban rail will also boost the attraction of the ‘Gijang Line’ and ‘Nopo-Jeonggwan Line’.

Governor Oh Gyu-seok said, “The Gijang area, centered on the Southeast Radiation Medical and Science Industrial Complex, is intensively developing urban infrastructure such as transportation, industry, culture, commerce, medical care, and education, and it is expected that demand for the KTX line will increase explosively.”

Governor Oh added, “Gijang is growing as a forward base of the 4th industrial revolution, creating future food industries of Korea through advanced national projects and corporate attraction. With its natural environment surrounded by mountains and sea, abundant tourism resources such as the Osiria Tourist Complex, it is a place reborn as a world-class tourist city, and a KTX-Eum stop station is absolutely necessary.”

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