Eunpyeong-gu 'Sinsagogae Station New Construction Preliminary Feasibility Study' Results Show Increases in Both Benefits and Economic Efficiency

Kim Mikyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong District, Declares "With the Green Light for Project Promotion, We Will Fully Commit to Establishing Sinsagogae Station"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) held a "Pre-feasibility Study Report Meeting on the Establishment of Sinsagogae Station on the Goyang-Eunpyeong Line" on the 6th at the Eunpyeong-gu Office Planning Situation Room.

The Goyang-Eunpyeong Line is a metropolitan urban railway connecting Saejeol Station on Line 6 as the starting point to Changneung New Town and Goyang City Hall. It passed the preliminary feasibility study by public institutions last July and is scheduled to be completed in 2029.

According to the district, the results of this pre-feasibility study showed that establishing Sinsagogae Station would increase the benefits and economic feasibility of the entire Goyang-Eunpyeong Line.

Previously, related organizations predicted that it would be difficult to secure sufficient economic feasibility because the planned site for Sinsagogae Station is close to Saejeol Station and there is little large-scale traffic-inducing demand in the surrounding area.

However, according to the analysis by the Seoul National University of Science and Technology Industry-Academic Research Group, which conducted this pre-feasibility study, when reflecting future development plans of the surrounding area, the addition of Sinsagogae Station is evaluated to increase the overall economic feasibility of the entire route, signaling a green light for project promotion.

The Sinsadong area in Eunpyeong-gu has experienced habitual traffic congestion on Gajwa-ro and Susaek·Jeungsan-ro due to increased traffic from large-scale land development in Goyang City, and with the establishment of Changneung New Town, which will accommodate about 100,000 people, even more severe traffic congestion is anticipated.

At the end of 2019, Eunpyeong-gu delivered a petition signed by 300,000 residents demanding the establishment of Sinsagogae Station between Saejeol Station and Hyangdong Station on the Goyang-Eunpyeong Line to related organizations (Seoul City, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Strategy and Finance) and held a residents' resolution rally urging the addition of the station, consistently voicing the residents' wishes. In August last year, Mayor Kim Mi-kyung of Eunpyeong-gu, National Assembly member Park Ju-min, and related officials gathered to discuss the plan for establishing Sinsagogae Station on the Goyang-Eunpyeong Line.

Mayor Kim Mi-kyung said, "I find it very encouraging that the economic feasibility, which had been an obstacle to project promotion, came out positively in this study. Since the project's feasibility has been secured, we will ensure that the establishment of Sinsagogae Station is confirmed promptly, at least as compensation for the inconvenience caused by traffic congestion endured by Eunpyeong-gu residents."

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