Incheon Subway Line 1

Incheon Line 1
Overview
Native name	인천 1호선（仁川一號線） Incheon Il Hoseon
Type	Rapid transit
System	Incheon Subway
Status	Operational
Termini	Gyeyang International Business District
Stations	29
Operation
Opened	October 6, 1999[1]
Operator(s)	Incheon Transit Corporation
Technical
Line length	29.4 km (18.3 mi)[2]
No. of tracks	2

Incheon Subway Line 1 is a 29.5-kilometer (18.3 mi) north-south subway line,^[2] part of the Incheon Subway system. The line is also included as a part of the overall Seoul Metropolitan Subway network; Bupyeong Station has a free transfer with Seoul Subway Line 1, Gyeyang Station connects with the AREX Line which leads to Incheon International Airport and Seoul Station, Bupyeong-gu Office has a free transfer with Seoul Subway Line 7, and Woninjae Station has a free transfer with the Suin Line.

Background

Incheon's Line 1 makes Incheon the fourth city in Korea with a subway system in South Korea, after Seoul, Busan, and Daegu.

A trip along the line from Gyeyang in the north to Int'l Business District in the south takes approximately 57 minutes. From Bakchon station to International Business District station, the line is underground.

History

• March 1999: Trial runs begin.
• October 6, 1999: The line opens from Bakchon to Dongmak, after six years of construction.
• December 7, 1999: A northern extension from Bakchon to Gyulhyeon opens.
• March 16, 2007: Another northern extension from Gyulhyeon to Gyeyang opens, connecting with the Airport Railroad
• June 1, 2009: A southern extension from Dongmak to International Business District opens.

Future plans

Another southward extension of the line is proposed to provide transportation to Songdo Landmark City. The extension will be 0.84 kilometers (0.52 mi) long and is planned to open in 2018.^[3]

Another northward extension of the line is proposed to provide transportation to the developing Geomdan New City. No opening time has been announced.

Stations

Station Number	Station Name English	Station Name Hangul	Station Name Hanja	Transfer	Line Name	Distance in km	Total Distance	Location
I110	Gyeyang	계양	桂陽		Line 1	---	0.0	Incheon	Gyeyang-gu
I111	Gyulhyeon	귤현	橘峴			0.9	0.9
I112	Bakchon	박촌	朴村			1.5	2.4
I113	Imhak	임학	林鶴			1.1	3.5
I114	Gyesan	계산	桂山			1.1	4.6
I115	Gyeongin National University of Education	경인교대입구	京仁敎大入口			0.9	5.5
I116	Jakjeon	작전	鵲田			0.9	6.4
I117	Galsan	갈산	葛山			1.4	7.8		Bupyeong-gu
I118	Bupyeong-gu Office	부평구청	富平區廳			1.0	8.8
I119	Bupyeong Market	부평시장	富平市場			1.1	9.9
I120	Bupyeong	부평	富平	Seoul 1		0.9	10.8
I121	Dongsu	동수	東樹			0.9	11.7
I122	Bupyeongsamgeori	부평삼거리	富平삼거리			1.1	12.8
I123	Ganseogogeori	간석오거리	間石오거리			1.2	14.0		Namdong-gu
I124	Incheon City Hall	인천시청역	仁川市廳	Line 2 (2016)		1.4	15.4
I125	Arts Center	예술회관	藝術會館			1.0	16.4
I126	Incheon Bus Terminal	인천터미널	仁川터미널			0.8	17.2		Nam-gu
I127	Munhak Sports Complex	문학경기장	文鶴競技場			0.8	18.0		Yeonsu-gu
I128	Seonhak	선학	仙鶴			0.8	18.8
I129	Sinyeonsu	신연수	新延壽			1.1	19.9
I130	Woninjae	원인재	源仁齋	Suin		0.9	20.8
I131	Dongchun	동춘	東春			1.1	21.9
I132	Dongmak	동막	東幕			1.0	22.9
I133	Campus Town	캠퍼스타운	캠퍼스타운			1.6	24.5
I134	Technopark	테크노파크	테크노파크			0.8	25.3
I135	BIT Zone	지식정보단지	知識情報團地			1.4	26.7
I136	University of Incheon	인천대입구	仁川大入口			1.0	27.7
I137	Central Park	센트럴파크	中央公園			0.9	28.6
I138	International Business District	국제업무지구	國際業務地區			0.8	29.4

See also

• List of metro systems
• Seoul Metropolitan Subway
• Transportation in South Korea

References

1. "History". Incheon Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
2. "General information". Incheon Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
3. "사업소개" (in Korean). 도시철도건설본부. Retrieved 2012-06-07.

External links

• Incheon Rapid Transit Corporation homepage, in English
• Incheon Subway at UrbanRail.net