Incheon Subway Line 1

Incheon Line 1
Incheon Line 1
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Overview
Native name	인천 1호선(仁川一號線); Incheon Il Hoseon
Status	Operational
Termini	Gyeyang; Songdo Moonlight Festival Park station;
Stations	30
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Incheon Subway
Operator(s)	Incheon Transit Corporation
History
Opened	October 6, 1999
Technical
Line length	30.3 km (18.8 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map

Incheon Subway Line 1 is a 30.3-kilometer (18.8 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 Station has a free transfer with Seoul Subway Line 7, and Woninjae Station has a free transfer with the Suin-Bundang Line.

Background[edit]

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

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

History[edit]

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.
December 12, 2020: One stop extension to Songdo Moonlight Festival Park opens.

Future plans[edit]

A northward 3-station extension of the line is proposed to provide transportation to the developing Geomdan New City. Construction began in November 2020^[3] and is expected to be completed no earlier than 2024.^[4]

Rolling stock[edit]

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.

Stations[edit]

All stations are location in Incheon.

Station Number	Station Name English	Station Name Hangul	Station Name Hanja	Distance in km	Total Distance	Location

I110	Gyeyang	계양	桂陽	---	0.0	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	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	1.4	15.4
I125	Culture & 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	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	大学成	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	Incheon National University	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
I139	Songdo Moonlight Festival Park	송도달빛축제공원	松島달빛祝祭公園驛	0.9	30.3