Yongin City, Preliminary Feasibility Study for Extension of Gyeonggang Line Mohyeon~Idong~Namsa

Jointly with Gwangju City... Promoting Inclusion in the National Railroad Network Construction Plan

Gyeonggi Province's Yongin City and Gwangju City have officially launched the extension project of the Gyeonggang Line subway.

On the 18th, Yongin City and Gwangju City announced that they have started a preliminary feasibility study to include the Gyeonggang Line extension project in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 5th National Railway Network Construction Plan.

This project involves extending the Gyeonggang Line by 40.2 km from Gwangju City's Samdong Station, branching off the Seongnam Pangyo~Yeoju Station section, to Yongin's Cheoin-gu Mohyeon~Idong~Namsa.

To this end, Yongin City signed a "Joint Cooperation Agreement for the Efficient Promotion of the Gyeonggang Line Extension Railway Project" with Gwangju City in March.

As a follow-up to the agreement, this study will focus on ▲ reviewing the business feasibility of the Gyeonggang Line extension plan ▲ demand forecasting due to the creation of the national industrial complex ▲ devising optimal measures to enhance economic efficiency. The cost of the preliminary feasibility study is 180 million KRW, which will be shared by Yongin City and Gwangju City at a ratio of 60:40.

Based on the results of the study, the two cities plan to request the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to include the Gyeonggang Line extension route in the 5th National Railway Network Construction Plan.

A Yongin City official said, "The Gyeonggang Line extension section will serve as a foundation for balanced regional development and a key transportation infrastructure for the success of Yongin Advanced System Semiconductor National Industrial Complex," adding, "We will prepare an optimal route plan that can secure economic feasibility in this study."

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