Yongin City Begins Feasibility Study for 'Dongcheon~Namsa' Railway Network

Promotion of Connecting the Shinbundang Line to Namsa System Semiconductor Industrial Complex

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province is promoting a plan to extend the Sinbundang Line subway to Namsa-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin. Namsa-eup was recently designated by the government as a specialized advanced national industrial complex.

On the 18th, Yongin City announced that it has launched the "Yongin City New Railway Network Concept and Feasibility Study" aiming to include the construction plan for a new railway network between Dongcheon in Suji and Namsa in Cheoin in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 5th National Railway Network Construction Plan.

At the kickoff briefing for the feasibility study and planning of the new railway network in Yongin City held on the 17th, participants pledged the success of the project.
[Photo by Yongin City]

The route promoted by the city branches off from Dongcheon Station on the Sinbundang Line, passing through Jukjeon in Suji-gu, Mabuk and Dongbaek in Giheung-gu, and extends to Namsa-eup, Cheoin-gu, the planned site of the Yongin Advanced System Semiconductor National Industrial Complex.

Previously, Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin proposed the establishment of a Sinbundang Line branch between Dongcheon and Dongbaek as a pledge for the 8th local government term. This feasibility study includes a plan to extend the line to Namsa, the site scheduled for the system semiconductor industrial complex by 2042.

The study will review the optimal route for the new railway network plan, predict transportation demand, and seek ways to improve economic efficiency. Additionally, if the "Dongbaek~Sinbong Light Rail" line is included in Gyeonggi Province's urban railway network construction plan, which has been postponed until December, an effective railway network construction plan linked to this will also be examined.

The study period is 12 months until July next year, with a city budget investment of 220 million KRW. To this end, the city held a kickoff meeting on the 17th at the city hall video conference room to discuss the future direction and detailed schedule of the study.

Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin said, "We will prepare a long-term railway network expansion plan to build transportation infrastructure for Suji and Giheung, where traffic is congested, and for the Cheoin-gu national industrial complex that will lead the city's future competitiveness."

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