Seoul Subway Line 9

Line 9 9호선（9號線） Gu Hoseon Statistics Type Rapid transit System Seoul Metropolitan Subway Status Operational Termini Gaehwa Sinnonhyeon No. of stations 25 Operation Opened 24 July 2009 Operator(s) Metro 9 Corporation Technical Line length 27.0 km (16.8 mi) No. of tracks 2  Route diagram Seoul Subway Line 9 Legend Gaehwa 901 Line 5, AREX Gimpo Airport 902 Airport Market 903 Sinbanghwa 904 AREX Magongnaru 905 Yangcheon Hyanggo 906 Gayang 907 Jeungmi 908 Deungchon 909 Yeomchang 910 Sinmok-dong 911 Anyangcheon Seonyudo 912 Line 2 Dangsan 913 National Assembly 914 Line 5 Yeouido 915 Saetgang 916 Line 1 Noryangjin 917 Nodeul 918 Heukseok 919 Line 4 Dongjak 920 Gubanpo 921 Sinbanpo 922 Line 3, 7 Express Bus Terminal 923 Sapyeong 924 Sin Bundang Sinnonhyeon 925 Samjeong 926 Bundang Samneung 927 Bongeun 928 COEX 929 Tancheon Line 2 Sports Complex 930 Samjeonsageori 931 Samjeon 932 Line 8 Seokchon 933 Bangisageori 934 Sinbangi 935 Line 5 Olympic Park 936 Oryun 937 Veterans Hospital 938

Seoul Subway Line 9, operated by Seoul Metro Line9 Corporation, is a subway line in Seoul. Originally scheduled to open on June 12, 2009, the line actually opened on July 24, 2009 to ensure that the line was fully ready to begin service. Line 9 was constructed like a standard double track subway except that there are bypass tracks at some stations to enable express trains to bypass local trains. Express trains run three times per hour in each direction. All stations except Gaewha and Magongnaru are equipped with elevators, escalators, and platform screen doors. It is the first privately run subway line in Korea, operated by Veolia Transport, a French based company.

Line 9 runs east from Gaehwa Station (local train terminal), and Gimpo Airport Station (express train terminal) (connecting to Line 5 and AREX) along the south bank of the Han River towards Sinnonhyeon in Gangnam. Construction of Phase 1 between Gaehwa and Sinnonhyeon began in April 2002, and completed on July 24, 2009. Major transfer stations on the first phase are Dangsan (Line 2), Yeouido (Line 5), Noryangjin (Line 1), Dongjak (Line 4), and Express Bus Terminal (Lines 3 and 7) Stations.

Phase 2 will extend the current line from Sinnonhyeon in Gangnam to Sports Complex Station on Line 2, while Phase 3 will further extend the line to Bangi Station in eastern Seoul. These phases should be completed by 2013 and 2018.

While Phase 2 was always planned to go ahead as scheduled, a Seoul Metropolitan Government website at one point described construction of Phase 3 as being suspended in consideration of transport demand and financial considerations. On November 20, 2008, however, the Seoul Metropolitan government announced plans to indeed build Phase 3 between October 2010 and December 2015.

The Korean Government initially proposed a one seat ride from Incheon International Airport to Gangnam via Gimpo International Airport using either Line 9 or AREX (Airport Express) trains sharing their rights of way. This proposal so far has not been implemented thus making it necessary to transfer trains at Gimpo International Airport.

Currently there are 36 trains with four cars each. The express train comes every 20 minutes and the all-stop train comes every 6.7 minutes. Due to the number of riders exceeding 250,000 per day, 12 additional four car trains have been ordered and are expected to be in service starting October, 2011. This would mean the express train comes every 7~10 minutes and the all-stop train comes every 5 minutes.

Stations

EX: Express Line

Station Number	Station Name English	Station Name Hangul	Station Name Hanja	EX	Transfer	Line Name	Distance in km	Total Distance	Location
901	Gaehwa	개화	開花			Line 9	---	0.0	Seoul	Gangseo-gu
902	Gimpo Airport	김포공항	金浦空港	●	Line 5 AREX		3.6	3.6
903	Airport Market	공항시장	空港市場	|			0.8	4.4
904	Sinbanghwa	신방화	新傍花	|			0.8	5.2
905	Magongnaru (unknown opening date)	마곡나루	麻谷나루驛		AREX (unknown opening date)		---	---
906	Yangcheon Hyanggyo	양천향교	陽川鄕校	|			2.3	7.5
907	Gayang	가양	加陽	●			1.3	8.8
908	Jeungmi	증미	曾米	|			0.7	9.5
909	Deungchon	등촌	登村	|			1.0	10.5
910	Yeomchang	염창	鹽倉	●			0.9	11.4
911	Sinmok-dong	신목동	新木洞	|			0.9	12.3		Yangcheon-gu
912	Seonyudo	선유도	仙遊島	|			1.2	13.5		Yeongdeungpo-gu
913	Dangsan	당산	堂山	●	Line 2		1.0	14.5
914	National Assembly	국회의사당	國會議事堂	|			1.5	16.0
915	Yeouido	여의도	汝矣島	●	Line 5		0.9	16.9
916	Saetgang	샛강	샛江	|			0.8	17.7
917	Noryangjin	노량진	鷺梁津	●	Line 1		1.2	18.9		Dongjak-gu
918	Nodeul	노들	노들	|			1.1	20.0
919	Heukseok	흑석	黑石	|			1.1	21.1
920	Dongjak	동작	銅雀	●	Line 4		1.4	22.5
921	Gubanpo	구반포	舊盤浦	|			1.0	23.5		Seocho-gu
922	Sinbanpo	신반포	新盤浦	|			0.7	24.2
923	Express Bus Terminal	고속터미널	高速터미널	●	Line 3 Line 7		0.8	25.0
924	Sapyeong	사평	砂平	|			1.1	26.1
925	Sinnonhyeon	신논현	新論峴	●			0.9	27.0		Gangnam-gu

Phases 2 and 3 - Future Extensions

Station Number	Station Name English	Station Name Hangul	Station Name Hanja	EX	Transfer	Line Name	Distance in km	Total Distance	Location
925	Sinnonhyeon	신논현	新論峴		Sin Bundang (Sept 2018)	Line 9			Seoul	Gangnam-gu
926	Samjung (2013)	삼정	三亭
927	Samreung (2013)	삼릉	三陵		Bundang (2013)
928	Bong-eun (2013)	봉은	奉恩
929	Coex (2013)	코엑스	코엑스
930	Sports Complex (2013)	종합운동장	綜合運動場		Line 2 (2013)					Songpa-gu
931	Samjeon Intersection (2016)	삼전사거리	三田사거리
932	Samjeon (2016)	삼전	三田
933	Seokchon (2016)	석촌	石村		Line 8 (2016)
934	Bangi Intersection (2016)	방이사거리	芳荑
935	Sinbangi (2016)	신방이	新芳荑
936	Olympic Park (2016)	올림픽공원	올림픽公園		Line 5 (2016)
937	Oryun (2016)	오륜	五輪

See also

• Subways in South Korea

External links

• Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation Homepage
• The Seoul Underground Subway : Official Tourism (english)
• Seoul Metropolitan Government Line 9 page (Korean) includes a route map, status information and links to the construction companies' websites
• UrbanRail.Net's Seoul Subway page
• New Subway Line Connects Gimpo Airport to Southern Seoul