Gwangju City Submits Petition to Ministry of Land for GTX-A Line Connection to Gyeonggang Line

Request for the Necessity of Installing a Connection Section at Suseo Station

Meeting between Gwangju City and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport [Provided by Gwangju City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Gwangju City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 16th that it has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport urging the necessity and installation of a connection section at Suseo Station for linking the GTX-A line with the Gyeonggang Line.

The proposal includes ▲establishing a foundation for connecting the north-south (Eurasian) railway network such as the Jungbu Inland Railway ▲securing economic feasibility for the GTX-A Gwangju~Icheon~Yeoju~Wonju connection project ▲and preventing enormous future costs due to the absence of the connection section.

According to the city, the installation of the GTX-A line connection section at Suseo Station must be carried out before September, when construction is scheduled to begin on the Suseo Station section between Samsung and Dongtan, in order to technically enable the GTX-A and Gyeonggang Line connection.

Shin Dong-heon, mayor of Gwangju City, emphasized, "If the GTX-A connection section is not installed this time, administrative inefficiency will occur, resulting in additional national budgets ranging from trillions to tens of trillions of won for connecting the north-south and east-west railway networks in the future."

In this regard, Gwangju City plans to cooperate with Icheon City, Yeoju City, and Wonju City to hold consultations with the National Assembly, central government agencies, and Gyeonggi Province.

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