Seoul network keeps growing as second section of GTX-A opens

SOUTH KOREA: Further expansion of the urban rail network around Seoul is under way with another section of the Great Train Express metro network opening, a long-disused part of the suburban rail network being revived and a further extension of the legacy metro network being approved.

GTX-A grows

Revenue services started on the 32·3 km northwestern section of GTX Line A in the Seoul area on December 28. The Unjeongjungang – Seoul Station route is the second segment of the line to open. The first, 28 km, southwestern section opened between Suseo and Dongtan in March 2024. A 22·8 km long section to connect the two sides is now under construction, along with lines B and C of the GTX network.

The Unjeongjungang – Seoul Station section serves five stations. Each of these are equipped with high speed elevators running at 150 m/min; these are capable of carrying 21 passengers.

Trains travel at speeds of up to 180 km/h and complete the Unjeongjungang – Seoul Station journey in 21 min 30 sec. Before GTX, an equivalent journey took on avera…