Incheon Subway Line 2 () is a
driverless,
medium-capacity subway line running from Oryu-dong in
Seo-gu to Incheon Grand Park, with 27 stations,
part of the
Incheon Subway system. The line is also included as a part of the overall
Seoul Metropolitan Subway network;
Juan station has a free transfer with
Seoul Subway Line 1,
Geomam station connects with the
AREX Line to
Incheon International Airport
Incheon International Airport is the main international airport serving Seoul, the capital of South Korea. It is also one of the largest and busiest airports in the world.
This airport opened for business on 29 March 2001, to replace the old ...
and
Seoul Station, and Seongnam also has a free transfer with
Seoul Subway Line 7.
Line 2 has aboveground sections north of Asiad Stadium and east of Namdong-gu Office.
History
* June 26, 2009: Construction begins. The price of building the line was 2 trillion
KRW.
* Early 2016: Trial runs begin.
* July 30, 2016: The line opens, after seven years of construction.
[http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_Dm_detail.htm?No=120751, title = Opening Ceremony Held for Incheon Subway Line No. 2]
Line 2 was planned to open in August 2014,
but the opening date was pushed back to July 30, 2016.
Rolling stock and signaling
The ITC Line2 is a driverless, fully automatic subway system. The line uses 37 two-car trains, all of which were built in 2013 by
Hyundai Rotem, a member of
Hyundai Motor Group
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The HMG a ...
.
They are similar to the
Canada Line cars in
Vancouver
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,
Canada
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, albeit using the narrow light metro body () and external sliding doors as opposed to the heavy metro wide body and pocket doors, and using a bottom contact third rail instead of the North American top contact.
Currently, all stations are long enough to fit four-car trains (two sets mated together); however, current operations use two-car trains (one set per train).
SelTrac CBTC is currently being implemented on the line by
Thales
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, along with an urban rail traffic management system; these systems will allow the trains to be driverless.
Stations
All stations are in Incheon.
See also
*
Incheon Transit Corporation
*
Incheon Subway
*
List of metro systems
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*
Seoul Metropolitan Subway
*
Transportation in South Korea
External links
Incheon Subway at UrbanRail.net* (Korean)
References
External links
Incheon Rapid Transit Corporation homepage, in English
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Seoul Metropolitan Subway lines
Subway Line 1
Railway lines opened in 2016
Light rail in South Korea
750 V DC railway electrification