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

Line 1[]

Line 1 is a 30.3-kilometer (18.8 mi) north-south subway line.^[1] After six years of construction, the line opened for regular service on October 6, 1999 as the fourth subway system in South Korea, after Seoul, Busan, and Daegu. Transfers to the Seoul Metropolitan Subway can be made via Bupyeong Station to Seoul Subway Line 1, as well as the Suin Line to Seoul at Woninjae Station. 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 light metro line. After seven years of construction, the line opened for regular service on July 30, 2016. There are transfer points at Geomam (with AREX), Juan (with Seoul Subway Line 1), and Incheon City Hall (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.

Expansion[]

The future Line 3 is planned to be a circular line of the Incheon Subway. It will intersect Seoul Subway Line 1 at Dowon Station and Incheon Subway Line 1 at Dongmak Station. The color will be Light Green.

Fare[]

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)