Gimpo Goldline
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Electrification | 750 V DC third rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Gimpo Goldline (Korean: 김포골드라인 or Korean: 김포 도시철도; Hanja: 金浦都市鐵道) is a light metro line opened on 28 September 2019.[1]
Background
Under the third mayor of Gimpo City, Kim Dongsik (김동식), the line was going to be an extension of Line 5. This idea was rejected by Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (now Seoul Metro) as they wanted to build a subway yard in the town of Yangchon-eup.
Since then, the Gimpo Han River Metro project was promoted under the mayor of Kang Kyung-gu, but the plan was canceled and Seoul Subway Line 9 extended to Gimpo but failed after Yoo Young-rok, a Democrat who was at a political crossroads with Kim Dong-sik and Kang Kyung-gu's Grand National Party, was elected. The opening of the metro has been delayed several times under the current mayor, Yoo Young-rok and Chung ha-yeong, and it has been criticized by citizens.
The construction cost was 1.6503 trillion won with 1.2 trillion from
Stations
Station Number |
Station Name English |
Station Name Hangul |
Station Name Hanja |
Transfer | Distance in km |
Total Distance |
Location | |
G100 | Yangchon (Dawon City) |
양촌 (다원시티) |
陽村 | --- | 0.0 | Gyeonggi-do
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Gimpo-si | |
G101 | Gurae | 구래 | 九來 | 1.37 | 1.37 | |||
G102 | Masan | 마산 | 麻山 | 1.17 | 2.54 | |||
G103 | Janggi | 장기 | 場基 | 2.29 | 5.53 | |||
G104 | Unyang | 운양 | 雲陽 | 1.69 | 7.22 | |||
G105 | Geolpo Bukbyeon | 걸포북변 | 傑浦北邊 | 3.39 | 10.61 | |||
G106 | Sau (Gimpo City Hall) |
사우 (김포시청) |
沙隅 | 1.87 | 12.48 | |||
G107 | Pungmu | 풍무 | 豊舞 | 1.38 | 13.86 | |||
G108 | Gochon
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고촌 | 高村 | 3.69 | 17.55 | |||
G109 | Gimpo Int'l Airport
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김포공항 | 金浦空港 | 5.92 | 23.47 | Seoul | Gangseo-gu |
References
- ^ a b "Seoul Gimpo Gold Line automated light metro opens". International Railway Journal. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "김포도시철도 전구간 (23.67Km)시운전 '이상무" (in Korean). Gimpo Daily. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "[사설] 10년 논란 김포 '지하 경전철', 차질없이 추진돼야". Kyeonggi Ilbo (in Korean). 28 March 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2018.