Incheon Subway Line 2 () is a driverless, medium-capacity subway line running from Oryu-dong in

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to Incheon Grand Park, with 27 stations, part of the

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system. The line is also included as a part of the overall

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network; Juan station has a free transfer with

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connects with the AREX Line to

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and

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, and Seongnam also has a free transfer with

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. 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

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, a member of

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. They are similar to the

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cars in

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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).

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is currently being implemented on the line by

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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.

External links

Incheon Subway at UrbanRail.net
* (Korean)

References

External links

Incheon Rapid Transit Corporation homepage, in English
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History

Rolling stock and signaling

Stations

See also

External links

References

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