This Saturday, a large number of Incheon’s bus routes will undergo major changes and some routes will disappear completely. The changes coincide with the opening of Incheon’s Line 2 and is the first major reform of the city’s bus system since the opening of Gyeongin commuter rail (Line 1) in 1974.
41% of Incheon’s bus routes (86 in total) will be changed, 15 new bus routes will be introduced and 27 existing routes will be scrapped. In order to prepare for the changes, Incheon’s BIS (bus information system) has been turned off for all of Friday (29 July) which means bus arrival times will not be displayed at bus stops or via apps. The system will go back online from midnight Saturday.
Why the change?
Not only has it been a long time since there was an overall reform, but the opening of Line 2 means that existing bus routes will need to be altered to pass through the new stations.
From 30 July you’ll be able to use Incheon’s bus site (http://bus.incheon.go.kr) to find your way around using the new buses. Daum and Naver maps are likely to also be quick in updating their info, but it may be worth double checking with Incheon’s site or the information below to be sure during the first couple of days.
Altered Routes – Click to see the route (Korean)
| 1 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 5 | 5-1 | 6 | 6-1 | 6-2 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 14-1 | 16 | 16-1 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24-1 | 27 |
| 28 | 28-1 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 40 | 42 | 42-2 | 46 | 63 |
| 65 | 65-1 | 66 | 67-1 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 79 | 103-1 | 112 | 202 |
| 221 | 300 | 304 | 306 | 307 | 320 | 31 | 51-1 | 91 | 92 | 506 |
| 510 | 511 | 512 | 515 | 516 | 517 | 518 | 519 | 521 | 523 | 524 |
| 526 | 532 | 535 | 537 | 538 | 556 | 558 | 560 | 562 | 565 | 566 |
| 579 | 581 | 582 | 583 | 584 | 588 | 591 | 592 | 595 | – | – |
New Routes – Click to see the route (Korean)
| 6-3 | 43 | 43-1 | 43-2 | 68 |
| 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 203 |
| 204 | 523-1 | 572 | 597 | 700-2 |
Discontinued Routes
| 7-1 | 13-1 | 13-2 | 17 | 21-1 | 25 | 29 | 41 | 41-1 | 42-1 |
| 75 | 77 | 77-1 | 77-2 | 201 | 700 | 순환43 | 순환51-2 | 순환81 | 순환82 |
| 513 | 525 | 553 | 559 | 563 | 568 | 589 | 596 | 740 | – |
See more information on the official Incheon page.
View a full PDF (37MB) of the changes here.
Image: Wikicommons
