Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo District, Repeatedly Urges Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to Add 'DMC Station' on Daejang-Hongdae Line

Following Minister Won Hee-ryong, Chairman Kang Hee-eop also supports adding DMC Station... Mayor Park Kang-soo's relentless efforts

After Minister Won, even Chairman Kang Hee-eop showed a positive response to Mayor Park's proactive efforts

Additional station is essential for public transit transfers and commuting convenience for residents of Sangam-dong and nearby areas

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo District (right), met with Kang Hee-eop, Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, on the afternoon of the 22nd to repeatedly urge the additional installation of Digital Media City Station.

In May, Mayor Park Kang-soo of Mapo-gu, who strongly requested Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong to add the DMC Station on the Daejang-Hongdae Line, met with Chairman Kang Hee-eop of the Metropolitan Area Wide-area Transportation Committee under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the afternoon of the 22nd, three months later, to repeatedly urge the addition of Digital Media City Station.

During the meeting with Chairman Kang Hee-eop, Mayor Park presented reasonable grounds for adding Digital Media City Station to the Daejang-Hongdae Line, a metropolitan railway project connecting Bucheon Daejang New Town to Mapo Hongdae Entrance Station, and conveyed the residents' earnest wishes.

Mayor Park Kang-soo emphasized, “Digital Media City Station is a transfer station where three lines?the Subway Line 6, Gyeongui-Jungang Line, and Airport Railroad?intersect, resulting in about 52,200 daily boardings and alightings. For the convenience of public transit users, Digital Media City Station must be added to the Daejang-Hongdae Line.”

Looking at the residential and corporate status of Sangam-dong, the need for an additional station becomes even more urgent.

The area near Digital Media City Station has undergone large-scale urban housing development in addition to the Sangam housing development. Only in Sangam Districts 1 and 2, 11,300 households reside. Including adjacent Deok-eun (4,700 households), Hyangdong (8,300 households), Susaek·Jeungsan (13,600 households), and the planned Changneung district (expected 38,000 households), a total of 75,900 households live in this large-scale apartment complex.

With about 840 companies currently housed, including major broadcasters and IT firms, and a daily floating population reaching 120,000, commuting demand inevitably concentrates in this area.

Especially with planned development projects such as the Sangam-dong DMC Landmark and Lotte Mall, the district expects transportation demand to increase explosively in the future.

A district official stated, “Considering future development plans in the DMC area, adding Digital Media City Station on the Daejang-Hongdae Line is absolutely necessary to improve the outdated transportation environment.”

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo District (left), met with Won Hee-ryong, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, last May to convey his requests.

On this day, Mayor Park Kang-soo reiterated, “If Digital Media City Station is added to the Daejang-Hongdae Line, commuting convenience will be dramatically improved not only for Sangam-dong but also for nearby Gyeonggi-do residents. Since transportation demand is expected to surge due to development projects in the area, Digital Media City Station must be installed to resolve traffic inconveniences and promote the development of western Seoul.”

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