Summary
Great Train eXpress (GTX) is a higher-speed commuter rail network in the Seoul Capital Area project consisting of three separate lines, named GTX-A, GTX-B and GTX-C, and scheduled for completion in 2030.[1] Three other lines, named GTX-D, GTX-E and GTX-F are being planned.[2]
GTX-A edit
Groundbreaking for GTX Line A was held on December 27, 2018, with service expected to commence in 2023.[3] However, the project has been officially delayed due to land compensation issues and the discovery of archeological ruins dating from the Joseon period.[4] Suseo, Songnam, and Dongtan stations were opened on 30 March 2024. Guseong station is scheduled to open in June 2024[5] and the rest of the line in 2028.[6] Samseong Station being even further delayed and will remain closed after the rest of GTX-A opens until 2028.[7] Approximately 30 kilometers of the line are expected to share the same rail as the SRT, and a further 9 km towards the western end of the route are expected to be completely underground.[8]
| Station
Number |
Station name | Transfer | Line name | Distance | Total distance |
Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
| X101 | Unjeong[A] | 운정 | 雲井 | GTX-A | — | 0.0 | Gyeonggi Province | Paju | |
| X102 | KINTEX[B] | 킨텍스 | 킨텍스 | — | — | Goyang | |||
| X103 | Daegok | 대곡 | 大谷 | — | — | ||||
| X104 | Changneung | 창릉 | 昌陵 | ||||||
| X105 | Yeonsinnae | 연신내 | 연신내 | — | — | Seoul | Eunpyeong | ||
| X106 | Seoul Station | 서울역 | 서울驛 | — | — | Jung | |||
| X107 | Samseong[C] | 삼성 | 三成 | — | — | Gangnam | |||
| X108 | Suseo | 수서 | 水西 | — | — | ||||
| X109 | Seongnam | 성남 | 城南 | 
|
Suseo–Pyeongtaek HSR (shared) | — | — | Gyeonggi Province | Seongnam |
| X110 | Guseong | 구성 | 駒城 | 
|
— | — | Yongin | ||
| X111 | Dongtan | 동탄 | 東灘 | 
|
— | — | Hwaseong | ||
GTX-B edit
Construction of GTX Line B commenced on March 7, 2024. It is planned to be completed by 2030.[9]
| Station number |
Station name | Transfer | Line name | Distance | Total distance |
Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
| TBA | Songdo Station[D] | 송도 | 松島 | 
|
GTX-B | — | 0.0 | Incheon | Yeonsu |
| Incheon City Hall | 인천시청 | 仁川市廳 | — | — | Namdong | ||||
| Bupyeong | 부평 | 富平 | 
|
— | — | Bupyeong | |||
| Dangarae | 당아래 | 당아래 | 
|
— | — | Gyeonggi | Bucheon | ||
| Sindorim | 신도림 | 新道林 | — | — | Seoul | Guro | |||
| Yeouido | 여의도 | 汝矣島 | — | — | Yeongdeungdo | ||||
| Yongsan | 용산 | 龍山 | — | — | Yongsan | ||||
| Seoul Station | 서울역 | 서울 | — | — | Jung | ||||
| Cheongnyangni | 청량리 | 淸凉里 | — | — | Dongdaemun | ||||
| Mangu | 망우 | 忘憂 | — | — | Jungnang | ||||
| Byeollae | 별내 | 別內 | 
|
Gyeongchun Line (shared) | — | — | Gyeonggi | Namyangju | |
| Pyeongnaehopyeong | 평내호평 | 坪內好坪 |
|
— | — | ||||
| Maseok | 마석 | 磨石 |
|
— | — | ||||
GTX-C edit
Construction of GTX Line C commenced on January 25, 2024. It is planned to be completed by 2028.[10] According to the latest plans and following the selection of a preferred bidder for the construction of this line, 2 additional stations, Indeogwon Station and Wangsimni Station are likely to be added to the line.
| Station number |
Station name | Transfer | Line name | Distance | Total distance |
Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
| TBA | Suwon | 수원 | 水原 | Gyeongbu Line (shared) Gwacheon Line (shared) |
— | 0.0 | Gyeonggi | Suwon | |
| Geumjeong | 금정 | 衿井 | — | — | Gunpo | ||||
| Gwacheon[E] | 과천 | 果川 | 
|
GTX-C | — | — | Gwacheon | ||
| Yangjae | 양재 | 良才 | — | — | Seoul | Gangnam | |||
| Samseong | 삼성 | 三成 | — | — | |||||
| Cheongnyangni | 청량리 | 淸凉里 | — | — | Dongdaemun | ||||
| Kwangwoon University | 광운대 | 光云大 | Gyeongwon Line (shared) | — | — | Nowon | |||
| Chang-dong | 창동 | 倉洞 | — | — | Dobong | ||||
| Uijeongbu | 의정부 | 議政府 |
|
— | — | Gyeonggi | Uijeongbu | ||
| Deokjeong | 덕정 | 德亭 |
|
— | — | Yangju | |||
Additional plans for GTX-D, GTX-E and GTX-F edit
Plans for a Line D were announced in 2021 by the previous government. However, the proposed route faced a lot of opposition, and has not been approved yet. The new government of Yoon Seok-youl has pledged to build 3 new lines (Lines D, E and F), for which the routes have not been decided yet, but which would likely include plans for a longer Line D than the one announced by the previous government.
| Station number |
Station name | Transfer | Line name | Distance | Total distance |
Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Hangul | Hanja | |||||||
| TBA | Janggi | 장기 | 場基 | 
|
GTX-D | — | 0.0 | Gyeonggi | Gimpo |
| Geomdan | 검단 | 黔丹 | — | Incheon | Seo | ||||
| Gyeyang | 계양 | 桂陽 | — | — | Gyeyang | ||||
| Daejang | 대장 | 大壯 | — | — | Gyeonggi | Bucheon | |||
| Dangarae | 당아래 | 당아래 |
|
— | — | ||||
Criticism edit
Critics argue that GTX project would increase the social and economic centripetal force towards Seoul leading to increased primacy and the collapse of other provincial cities.[11]
Notes edit
- ^ Not to be confused with the current Unjeong station.
- ^ Not to be confused with the current Daehwa station.
- ^ Bongeunsa station will be merged with Samseong Station.
- ^ Not to be confused with Songdo Station on the Suin-Bundang Line. This station will be located in Songdo International City and offer transfer to Incheon National University Station.
- ^ This station is just named Gwacheon station, but located at Government Complex Gwacheon station.
References edit
- ^ "[Graphic News] GTX lines expansion". The Korea Herald. January 31, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "드디어 베일 벗은 '2기 GTX'…D·E·F 노선 '이곳' 지난다". 한국경제. January 25, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "파주~강남~동탄 GTX A노선 사업 오늘 착공". Naver (in Korean). Korean Broadcasting System. December 27, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "2025년 개통도 턱없다…'비운의 노선' GTX-A". m.post.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ "GTX-A commuter line to launch 1st leg Saturday". m.koreaherald.com. March 29, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "New high-speed GTX train to cut Seoul-Gyeonggi commutes in half". Korea JoongAng Daily. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "GTX-A 삼성역, 2028년에나 개통…최소 3년 노선분리".
- ^ Tebay, Andy (January 5, 2023). "Tunnelling completed in Seoul for GTX-A line". International Railway Journal. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ^ "GTX-B breaks ground for 30-min Seoul-Incheon commute". The Korea Herald. March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Construction of Seoul express Line C starts as part of the 'first year of the GTX era'". Railway Gazette International. February 2, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ Donggyu, Seong (March 19, 2014). "'문제 투성이' GTX사업…우려 확산" [GTX project in "full of problems" - Lots of Concerns Appear]. Newsway (in Korean). Seoul. Retrieved January 18, 2021.