Incheon Subway

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Incheon Subway
Overview
Owner	Incheon City Government
Locale	Incheon, South Korea
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	56
Daily ridership	199,527
Operation
Began operation	1999
Operator(s)	Incheon Transit Corporation
Technical
System length	58.5 km (36.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
System map

Incheon Subway
Hangul	인천도시철도
Hanja	仁川都市鐵道
Revised Romanization	Incheon dosi cheoldo
McCune–Reischauer	Inch'ŏn dosi ch'ŏldo

The Incheon Subway (Korean: 인천도시철도; Hanja: 仁川都市鐵道; RR: Incheon dosi cheoldo) is a subway system serving the South Korean city of Incheon. The system is operated by Incheon Transit Corporation, and is part of the greater Seoul Metropolitan Subway.

Lines

Line Name English	Line Name Hangul	Starting Station(s)	Ending Station(s)	Stations	Total Length in km
Line 1	1호선	Gyeyang	Songdo Moonlight Festival Park	30	30.3 km
Line 2	2호선	Geomdan Oryu	Unyeon	27	29.1 km
Juan-Songdo Line	주안송도선	Juan	Incheon National University	23	14.7 km

Line 1

Line 1 is a 30.3-kilometer (18.8 mi) north-south

. A trip along the line from Gyeyang in the north to International Business District in the south takes approximately 57 minutes. The color of the line is light blue.

A one-station extension to Gyeyang opened in March 2007, providing transfers to AREX. A six-station south extension opened in June 2009.

The line uses 34 8-car trains. The first 25 trains were built between 1998 and 1999 by Daewoo Heavy Industries and Rotem, while the last 9 trains were built between 2007 and 2008 by Hyundai Rotem to provide trains following the extension of the line.

Line 2

Line 2 is a 29.1-kilometer (18.1 mi) north-south

(with Incheon Line 1). Line 2 has aboveground sections north of Asiad Stadium. The color of the line is Orange.

The line uses 37 2-car trains, all of which were built in 2013 by Hyundai Rotem.

Juan-Songdo Line

Juan Songdo Line is a 14.1-kilometer (8.8 mi) long urban railway (tram) line promoted by

Expansion

The future Line 3 is planned to be a circular line of the Incheon Subway. It will intersect Seoul Subway Line 1 at

. The color will be Light Green.

Fare

The basic adult fare is ₩1,250 if you pay by card and ₩1,300 if you pay in cash.^[4]

Network Map

See also

• Transport in South Korea
• Incheon
• Seoul Metropolitan Subway - the bigger urban rail system that Incheon Metro is incorporated into
• List of metro systems

References

External links

• Incheon Transit Corporation – official homepage (in English)
• Incheon at UrbanRail.net (in English)
• Subway transferring information for South Korea (in English, Japanese, and Korean)