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Incheon International Airport Railroad

AREX is a South Korea

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
n railway line that links Incheon International Airport

Incheon International Airport

Incheon International Airport is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest and busiest in Asia. Since 2006, it has been consecutively rated as one of the best airports in the world and received the full 5-star ranking by Skytrax, the prestigious recognition shared only by Hong Kong International Airport and Singapore...
and Gimpo Airport, with a future section extending to Seoul Station

Seoul Station

Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. The station is served by the Gyeongbu Line, its Gyeongbu Line and the Gyeongui Line, with frequent KTX, express, and local services to various points in South Korea....
. The line is operated by the Airport Railroad Co. Ltd., whose largest shareholders are Hyundai

Hyundai

Hyundai refers to a group of companies and related organizations founded by Chung Ju-yung in South Korea. The first Hyundai company was founded in 1947 as a construction company, and the Hyundai Group eventually became South Korea's largest Conglomerate ....
(27%), Daelim

Daelim

Daelim Industrial was established in 1939, and its E&G and Petrochemical Groups are the main lead of the Daelim Business Conglomerate.In 1966, Daelim became Korea's first company to work on an overseas construction project....
(18%) and POSCO

POSCO

The Pohang Iron and Steel Company, or POSCO , based in Pohang, South Korea, is the world's second largest steel maker.Currently, POSCO operates two steel mills in the country, one in Pohang and the other in Gwangyang....
(12%); it is fully privatized.

r significant delays, construction of the line started in 2002. The first 37.6 km segment from Incheon Airport to Gimpo opened on March 23, 2007, with the remaining length of 20.4 km to Seoul Station scheduled to be operational in January 2010.

The line is being constructed by IKFC (Incheon Korean French Consortium), a consortium headed by Eukorail.

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AREX is a South Korea

South Korea

Incheon International Airport

Seoul Station

Hyundai

Daelim

POSCO

History

After significant delays, construction of the line started in 2002. The first 37.6 km segment from Incheon Airport to Gimpo opened on March 23, 2007, with the remaining length of 20.4 km to Seoul Station scheduled to be operational in January 2010.

The line is being constructed by IKFC (Incheon Korean French Consortium), a consortium headed by Eukorail. Eukorail includes as partners the French company Alstom

Alstom

Alstom is a large France multinational company list of conglomerates which holds interests in the electricity generation and transport markets....
and the South Korean company ROTEM

Rotem

Hyundai Rotem is a South Korean company manufacturing rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment. It is part of the Hyundai Motor Group....
, and also built the KTX high-speed train line.

The line was initially announced in July 1998 as the Incheon International Airport Railroad (????????), abbreviated I'REX, but was renamed in June 2006.

Services

Both express and commuter services are operated. Journeys from Incheon to Gimpo presently take 28/33 minutes on express and commuter services respectively, both currently costing ?3,100. When the full line opens, Express services will operate with 30-to-60 minute headways, taking 45 minutes and a fare of ?

South Korean won

The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is not used anymore for everyday transactions, and appear only on foreign exchange rates....
10,650 for the journey to the city, while commuter services (?4,250) will operate at 5-to-30 minute intervals, taking 53 minutes.

The trains have a design speed of 120 km/h. Express trains have overhead shelves and comfortable seats similar to those in KTX high-speed trains. Commuter trains are similar to subway trains and do not have overhead shelves. The AREX line is shown in blue on Seoul subway maps, but is not considered a part of the subway network, and thus offers neither free transfers nor free tickets for elderly and handicapped people.

Stations

Number	Name	Korean	Commuter ??	Express ??	Connecting lines
in Seoul Seoul Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
A01	Seoul Station Seoul Station Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. The station is served by the Gyeongbu Line, its Gyeongbu Line and the Gyeongui Line, with frequent KTX, express, and local services to various points in South Korea.... (future)	???	X	X	Line 1 Seoul Subway Line 1 Seoul Subway Line 1-of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, aka Korea Nat'l Railroad-of Seoul Metropolitan Subway is an operation service system which links central Seoul, South Korea to Soyosan Station in the northeast, Incheon in the southwest, and Sinchang via Suwon in the south.... , Line 4 Seoul Subway Line 4 Seoul Subway Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a long line crossing from the southwest to the northeast across the Seoul National Capital Area.... , KTX
A02	Gongdeok Gongdeok Station Gongdeok Station is a subway station on the Seoul Subway Line 5 and Seoul Subway Line 6. In the near future, trains on the Gyeongui Line and A'REX will also stop here, potentially creating a massive public transportation hub.... (future)	??	X	-	Line 5 Seoul Subway Line 5 Seoul Subway Line 5 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation, dubbed the purple line, is a long line crossing from the west to the east across the Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.... , Line 6 Seoul Subway Line 6 Seoul Subway Line 6 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation cuts across northern Seoul in a U-shape. Line 6 opened its first section 7 August 2000: Bonghwasan - Sangwolgok .... , Gyeongui Line Gyeongui Line The Gyeongui Line is one of the oldest railway lines in Korea. When opened in 1906 it linked Seoul in what is now South Korea to Pyongyang and Sinuiju in what is now North Korea.... (planned)
A03	Hongik University Hongik University Station Hongik University Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2. As its name indicates, it serves the nearby Hongik University. The Hongdae area around the station and the university is famous for being the nightclub and entertainment mecca of northwestern Seoul.... (future)	????	X	-	Line 2 Seoul Subway Line 2 Seoul Subway Line 2 is a circular line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The line running clock-wise is called the "inner circle line" and the counter clock-wise line is called the "outer circle line." This is Seoul's most heavily used line, and the longest circular subway line in the world.... , Gyeongui Line Gyeongui Line The Gyeongui Line is one of the oldest railway lines in Korea. When opened in 1906 it linked Seoul in what is now South Korea to Pyongyang and Sinuiju in what is now North Korea.... (planned)
A04	Digital Media City (future)	????????	X	-	Line 6 Seoul Subway Line 6 Seoul Subway Line 6 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation cuts across northern Seoul in a U-shape. Line 6 opened its first section 7 August 2000: Bonghwasan - Sangwolgok .... , Gyeongui Line Gyeongui Line The Gyeongui Line is one of the oldest railway lines in Korea. When opened in 1906 it linked Seoul in what is now South Korea to Pyongyang and Sinuiju in what is now North Korea.... (planned)
A05	Gimpo Airport Gimpo Airport Station Gimpo Airport Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 5. True to its name, it serves the nearby Gimpo Airport, the hub of domestic flights in the Seoul metropolitan area as well as flights to/from Haneda Airport in Tokyo....	????	X	X	Line 5 Seoul Subway Line 5 Seoul Subway Line 5 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation, dubbed the purple line, is a long line crossing from the west to the east across the Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.... , Line 9 Seoul Subway Line 9 Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 9 is a subway line in Seoul, currently under construction.Line 9 is planned to run east from Gimpo Airport along the south bank of the Han River , and will be opened in three phases.... (under construction)
in Incheon Incheon Incheon is a Special cities of Korea and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul.Human settlement at the location goes back to the Neolithic....
A06	Gyeyang Gyeyang Station Gyeyang Station is the northern terminus of Incheon Subway Line 1 of the Incheon Subway. It is also a train station on the AREX, a railway linking Gimpo Airport and Incheon International Airport....	??	X	-	Incheon Subway Line 1 Incheon Subway Line 1 Incheon Subway Line 1 is a Subway line, part of Incheon Subway.Trial runs on Line 1, a 23 km north-south route, started in March 1999. After six years of construction it opened for regular service on 6 October 1999 as the fourth subway system in South Korea after Seoul, Busan and Daegu....
A07	Geomam	??	X	-	Incheon Subway Line 2 Incheon Subway Line 2 The future Line 2 is planned to form a large letter C and intersect with Line 1 in two places at Arts Center Station and Bubyeong-Gu Office Station.... (planned)
A08	Unseo	??	X	-
A09	Incheon Int'l Airport Cargo Terminal	??????	X	-
A10	Incheon International Airport Incheon International Airport Incheon International Airport is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest and busiest in Asia. Since 2006, it has been consecutively rated as one of the best airports in the world and received the full 5-star ranking by Skytrax, the prestigious recognition shared only by Hong Kong International Airport and Singapore...	??????	X	X

Earlier plans to link Yongsan Station

Yongsan Station

Yongsan Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. It is located in Yongsan-gu, and adjoins the Yongsan Electronics Market. The station is the terminus for high-speed and long-distance trains on a number of railway lines, including most trains on the Honam Line, its Honam Line , and all trains on the Janghang Line and Jeolla Li...
have been dropped. There are plans to offer through services via Gimpo Airport from the commuter line to Seoul Subway Line 9

Seoul Subway Line 9

Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 9 is a subway line in Seoul, currently under construction.Line 9 is planned to run east from Gimpo Airport along the south bank of the Han River , and will be opened in three phases....
(under construction).

Phase 2 construction

Phase 2 of the line from Gimpo Airport Station

Gimpo Airport Station

Gimpo Airport Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 5. True to its name, it serves the nearby Gimpo Airport, the hub of domestic flights in the Seoul metropolitan area as well as flights to/from Haneda Airport in Tokyo....
to Seoul Station

Seoul Station

Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. The station is served by the Gyeongbu Line, its Gyeongbu Line and the Gyeongui Line, with frequent KTX, express, and local services to various points in South Korea....
is due for completion in 2010. At Gimpo airport the line is deep in tunnel, it heads north east and rises to the surface to cross the Han River

Han River (Korea)

The Han River is a major river in South Korea and is formed by the confluence of the Namhan River , which originates in Mount Daedeok, and the Bukhan River , which originates on the slopes of Kumgang-san in North Korea....
on a new bridge. The line curves to the east and descends into tunnel to go below Susaek bridge. The line is being built in a cut and cover tunnel running parallel to mainline railway to Susaek Station

Susaek-dong

Susaek-dong is a dong , neighbourhood of Eunpyeong-gu in Seoul, South Korea....
. From Susaek to Gajwa railway station there is a short section being constructed using the "Tubular Roof and Trench Tunnelling method". From Gajwa there is another short section not in cut and cover before the open trench reappears. The trench follows the line of the previously existing Yongsan railway line traces of which can still be found at a couple of the roads that cross the work sites. Near Hongik University

Hongik University

Hongik University, usually known as "Hongdae" for short, is a private university in central Seoul, South Korea with a second campus in Jochiwon, Chungcheongnam-do....
there is more major excavation for the new station which will connect with Seoul Subway Line 2

Seoul Subway Line 2

Seoul Subway Line 2 is a circular line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The line running clock-wise is called the "inner circle line" and the counter clock-wise line is called the "outer circle line." This is Seoul's most heavily used line, and the longest circular subway line in the world....
. The trench continues to Gongdeok-dong

Gongdeok-dong

Gongdeok-dong is a legal dong , neighbourhood of the Mapo-gu district in Seoul, South Korea and is governed by its administrative dong, Cheonyeon-dong's office....
where there will be another station. The line then continues in bored tunnel under the hill to come out on the west side of Seoul Station. With the completion of phase two, it is anticipated to see increase in passengers by facilitating KTX-International Flight connections.

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