Gwacheon Line
{{Short description|Railway line in South Korea}}
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| type = Rapid transit
| system = Seoul Metropolitan Subway
| status = Operational
| locale = Gyeonggi Province
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| stations = 10
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| owner = Government of South Korea
| operator = Korail
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Gwacheon Line is a metropolitan rail line operated by Korail in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. All trains is operated as a through service into Seoul Metro's Line 4 and Ansan Line on the other end.
From January 15, 1993, to March 31, 1994, the Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 1 operated through the Ansan Line, and since the opening of all sections on April 1, 1994, it has been operated as a part of the Metropolitan Subway Line 4.
Stations
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|style="text-align:center;"| Station | width = "250pt" style="text-align:center;"| Station Name | width = "150pt" style="text-align:center;"| Station Name | width = "150pt" style="text-align:center;"| Station Name | width = "150pt" style="text-align:center;"| Transfer | colspan = "2" style="text-align:center;"| Location | |
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| ↑ Through-services to/from Oido via Ansan Line ↑ | |
| style="text-align:center;"| 443
| {{lang|ko|금정}} | {{linktext|衿|井}}
| {{rint|seoul|1}} | style="text-align:center;"| Gunpo |
| style="text-align:center;"| 442
| Beomgye | {{lang|ko|범계}} | | | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Anyang | |
| style="text-align:center;"| 441
| {{lang|ko|평촌}} | {{linktext|坪|村}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| 440
| {{lang|ko|인덕원}} | {{linktext|仁|德|院}}
| {{rint|seoul|Gyeonggang}} (2026) |
| style="background:#lightgrey; text-align:center;" | TBD
| bgcolor="lightgrey" | Gwacheon Bio Information Technology Zone (2024) | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{lang|ko|과천지식정보단지}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | 果川知識情報團地驛
| bgcolor="lightgrey" | | rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | Gwacheon |
| style="text-align:center;"| 439
| {{lang|ko|정부과천청사}} | {{linktext|政|府|果|川|廳|舍}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| 438
| Gwacheon | {{lang|ko|과천}} | {{linktext|果|川}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| 437
| {{lang|ko|대공원}} | {{linktext|大|公|園}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| 436
| {{lang|ko|경마공원}} | {{linktext|競|馬|公|園}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| 435
| Seonbawi | {{lang|ko|선바위}} | | |
| style="text-align:center;"| 434
| {{lang|ko|남태령}} | {{linktext|南|泰|嶺}}
| | rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | Seocho District, Seoul |
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| ↓ Through-services to/from Danggogae via Seoul Subway Line 4 ↓ |
Future
As a transportation measure for Gwacheon Information Town Station, a residential and industrial complex being built in the Galhyeon-dong area of Gwacheon-si, a new station is being built between Indeokwon and Gwacheon Government Complex, with the goal of opening in 2027. In addition, it is said that they are pushing forward with the installation of an evacuation track at Gwacheon Government Complex Station and Daegongwon Station as part of the promotion of the Line 4 express extension.
Criticisms
= Noise and frequent operation delays =
The Gwacheon Line, along with the Bundang Line which was completed around the same time, was given the nickname of "Noise Line" due to the inappropriate design of the concrete finish in their tunnels.
Before passenger use of the line commenced, the Seoul Metro Corporation ran a series of test runs on the Gwacheon and Ansan Lines,{{Cite news |date=April 7, 1994 |title=불안한 果川線(과천선)"무작정 질주" |work=The Dong-A Ilbo |pages=9}} but they led to a series of operation delays due to reasons such as confusing the change in electric current that occurs in the rest of Line 4. Furthermore, the new trains that were deployed for the opening of the Gwacheon Line, the Korail Class 341000 and the Seoul Metro 4000 series, used VVVF inverters instead of the chopper controls that were used until that point, which meant that a sufficient period of test runs was needed. However, the trains were put into service without enough test runs, unbeknownst that there was an issue with the new trains' circuitry.{{Cite news |date=April 7, 1994 |title="果川線(과천선) 컨버터회로 결함" |work=The Kyunghyang Shinmun |pages=22}} The Korail Class 341000 trains ended up causing 15 incidents within the first 6 days of operation, and the Seoul Metro 4000 series trains also caused 3 incidents within the first month of operation.{{Cite news |date=April 4, 1994 |title=果川線(과천선) 잇달아 停車(정차)사고 |work=The Kyunghyang Shinmun |pages=22}} Due to the frequency of the incidents, Korail (then the Railroad Administration Bureau) stopped the operation of some trains while their faulty parts were replaced, and the Seoul Metro Corporation also replaced faulty parts on 3 of their trains.{{Cite news |date=April 5, 1994 |title=과천선 지하철 전원 보조장치 결함 |url=http://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=3739067 |work=KBS News 9}}{{Cite news |date=April 6, 1994 |title=지하철 과천선 오늘 또 사고 |url=http://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=3739116 |work=KBS News 9}}{{Cite news |date=April 7, 1994 |title=지하철 승객이 시험 대상 |url=http://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=3739142 |work=KBS News 9}}{{Cite news |date=April 7, 1994 |title=이 시간 현장 - 지하철 과천선 사고 원인 발표 |url=http://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=3739138 |work=KBS News 9}}{{Cite news |date=April 8, 1994 |title=지하철 과천선 사고로 승객들 불편.불안 |url=http://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=3739167 |work=KBS News 9}}{{Cite news |date=June 3, 1994 |title=지하철 과천선 아직도 불안 |url=http://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=3740667 |work=KBS News 9}}{{Cite news |date=April 5, 1994 |title=과천선 불안, 사고 오늘3건 발생 |url=http://imnews.imbc.com/20dbnews/history/1994/1926270_19434.html |work=MBC Newsdesk}}
See also
References
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As part of the first new town development in the early 1990s, the Gwacheon Line was built under the leadership of the Korea Railroad Administration (currently Korea Railroad Corporation) for the purpose of connecting Sanbon New Town and Pyeongchon New Town with Gwacheon City and Seoul Metropolitan City. From January 15, 1993, to March 31, 1994, the Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 1 operated like the Ansan Line, and since the opening of all sections on April 1, 1994, it has been operated as a part of the Metropolitan Subway Line 4.
External links
- [http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/ 서울교통공사]
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{{Public transport in the Seoul Metropolitan Area}}
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Category:Railway lines in South Korea