Jungnang-gu Accelerates Selection of Private Operator for GTX Sangbong Station Complex Transfer Center Construction

April 4 Kickoff Meeting for Service to Fully Launch Private Operator Selection Process
Review of Complex Transfer Center Development Direction and Operator Bidding Schedule
Target to Complete Private Operator Bidding and Selection by 2025

Perspective view of GTX Sangbong Station

Jungnang-gu (District Mayor Ryu Kyung-gi) held a kickoff meeting on the 4th for the 'Establishment of Private Sector Operator Recruitment Guidelines for the Construction of the GTX Sangbong Station Complex Transfer Center.' This brings the transformation of Sangbong Station into a 'Metropolitan Transportation Hub' one step closer.

The construction of the GTX Sangbong Station Complex Transfer Center is a project to create a future-oriented complex transfer center by integrating UAM (Urban Air Mobility) and the GTX-B (Greater Seoul Metropolitan Area Express Railway) line into the Sangbong-Mangwoo Station area, where transfer demand is currently concentrated for KTX, Subway Line 7, Gyeongui-Jungang Line, Gyeongchun Line, and trunk buses.

The district completed a feasibility study and basic plan in January to secure project feasibility, and through this service, plans to establish strategies to activate participation in the recruitment and prepare recruitment guidelines to smoothly attract private sector operators.

At the kickoff meeting, related organizations including the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Metropolitan Transportation Committee, relevant departments of Seoul City, the Korea Rail Network Authority, Korea Railroad Corporation, Korea Railroad Research Institute, and Seoul Institute attended to review the development direction and the optimal timing for the recruitment implementation. They also held in-depth discussions on the recruitment guidelines and private operator agreement guidelines.

According to the Special Act on Railway Underground Enactment established earlier this year, the district plans to review ways to link this with the complex transfer center. Along with this, the district aims to complete the establishment of the private operator recruitment guidelines within this year, conduct the recruitment and selection of private operators by 2025, and accelerate construction in line with the GTX-B line scheduled to open in 2030.

The Sangbong-Mangwoo Station, where the complex transfer center will be built, was included in the GTX-B line that passed the preliminary feasibility study in 2019, and in 2021, it was reflected in the 3rd basic plan for transfer centers and complex transfer centers, laying the foundation for construction.

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, said, “With the construction of the GTX Sangbong Station Complex Transfer Center in line with Seoul City’s ‘Gangbuk Area Grand Renovation - Gangbuk Renaissance Era’ plan, we hope to create a commercial and cultural hub that will dramatically drive regional economic development.”

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