32 Chartered Buses Deployed on 'Gimpo Gold Line'... Service Starts from the 8th

Gyeonggi Provincial Government Gwanggyo New Office Building

Gyeonggi Province and Gimpo City will add 32 additional runs of bus route 70, an alternative route, starting from the 8th to alleviate congestion on the 'Gimpo Gold Line.' With buses running every 3 to 6 minutes during the morning rush hour, it is expected to make bus usage much easier for citizens.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 4th that, to provide comfortable direct charter bus service for Gimpo residents, it has finalized consultations with Seoul City and bus companies and will operate bus route 70 at intervals of 3 to 6 minutes from 6:30 AM to 8:30 AM starting on the 8th of this month.

Earlier, on the 18th of last month, the province announced a 'Special Measure to Alleviate Congestion on the Gimpo Gold Line,' deciding to deploy direct charter buses on bus route 70 as an alternative route to the Gimpo Gold Line.

Bus route 70 departs from Geolpo Maru Park and passes through Geolpo Bukbyeon Station, Pungmu Station, Gochon Station, and Gaehwa Station before reaching Gimpo Airport Station.

The province will also advance the deployment of 10 out of 30 demand-responsive buses (DRT), originally scheduled for July, to June. The remaining 20 buses will be sequentially deployed from August in areas such as Pungmu, Sau, Geolpo, and Bukbyeon after completing administrative procedures including regulatory sandbox approval.

To this end, the province is conducting consultations with Seoul City, along with the Metropolitan Transport Commission and Gimpo City, to allow demand-responsive buses to enter Gimpo Airport.

Park Seung-sam, Director of the Provincial Transportation Bureau, stated, "As an emergency measure for citizens' safety and punctual commuting, we will operate additional charter buses and demand-responsive buses," adding, "We will continue to implement additional measures, including completing the installation of bus-only lanes in the Seoul City section from Gaehwa Station to Gimpo Airport by the end of May."

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