Hanam City Gives Green Light to Line 3 Hanam Extension... Bidding Completed for All Sections, Project Enters Full-Scale Phase

Hanam-si on Track for 2032 Opening
Groundwork Laid to Reflect Residents' Opinions in Line 3 Extension Bidding

Hanam-si in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Hyunjae) announced on the 12th that bidding has been successfully formed for Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Gyeonggi Province-led “Songpa–Hanam Line Metropolitan Railway Construction Project” (hereinafter referred to as the Line 3 Extension), allowing the project to move into full-scale implementation.

Route map. Provided by Hanam-si

For the Line 3 Extension project, only Section 3 attracted a valid bid in the pre-qualification (PQ) submission for turnkey project bidders on January 9, 2026. As a result, a re-announcement was issued for Sections 2 and 4. On February 10, multiple construction companies participated in the bidding for both Sections 2 and 4, establishing valid bids and dispelling concerns about project delays, thereby enabling the project to proceed as planned.

As a result, a competitive structure has been formed, with the Namkwang Construction consortium and the Daebo Engineering & Construction consortium bidding for Section 2 (Gamil–within Gyosan District), the Jinheung Company consortium and the Geumgwang Company consortium bidding for Section 3 (within Gyosan District), and the Kukdong Engineering & Construction consortium and the Dongbu Corporation consortium bidding for Section 4 (within Gyosan District–Hanam City Hall Station).

What is particularly noteworthy in this bidding process is that, thanks to Hanam-si’s proactive response, a basis was created in the turnkey project bidding guidelines for incorporating residents’ opinions.

Through multiple meetings and proposals with Gyeonggi Province, Hanam-si argued that residents’ convenience of use should be given top priority when planning stations. As a result, the following provision was included in the bidding guidelines: “External station entrances shall be planned in numbers exceeding those in the basic plan, after reviewing passenger convenience based on consultations with the demand-survey local governments and residents’ opinions.”

This has established a formal basis for future bidders to incorporate residents’ opinions, including Hanam-si’s requests on the installation of station entrances, at the basic design stage, and is being evaluated as a tangible policy achievement for Hanam-si.

An official from Hanam-si stated, “We will continue to work closely with Gyeonggi Province to ensure that residents’ opinions are fully reflected in the basic design process, and we will concentrate all of the city’s capabilities on ensuring the timely completion of the Line 3 Extension in 2032.”

Meanwhile, the Songpa–Hanam Line is an 11.7-kilometer section extending Seoul Subway Line 3 from Ogeum Station to Hanam City Hall Station. Seoul is the project implementer for Section 1, while Gyeonggi Province is the project implementer for Sections 2 to 4, with construction scheduled to begin in 2027 and be completed in 2032.

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