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Incheon

Incheon International Airport to open Second Terminal by 2018

Posted byby Andy
February 26, 2012
8 Comments

Recently I posted about the maglev train currently under construction at Incheon International Airport (referred to herein as Incheon Airport). This is only one part of the airport’s master plan to...

Posted inin Gangwon Province
General News and Updates

New Two-Storey Trains to begin operating to Chuncheon

Posted byby Andy
February 23, 2012
18 Comments

Update: The ITX Cheongchun is now operating and a great assortment of photos from inside the new carriages can be viewed at Ian Han’s blog here. Also, some have been searching for the...

Posted inin Daegu
General News and Updates

Daegu’s Third Line to be Monorail

Posted byby Andy
February 21, 2012
3 Comments

The Eunha Galaxy Rail is not the only upcoming monorail in South Korea. Daegu’s third rail transport line will be a bi-directional monorail which stretches across the city and passes...

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Incheon

Subway Construction Suspected in Incheon Street Collapse

Posted byby Andy
February 20, 2012
4 Comments

Police are investigating a road which has collapsed above a subway construction site in Incheon. On the 18th of February at 3:20pm, the center of a six lane road collapsed...

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Gyeonggi Province

Yongin Everline to Finally Open

Posted byby Andy
February 16, 2012
6 Comments

Update: The line is now expected to open in April 17, 2013. On the 16th of February, Yonhap News reported that the Yongin Everline would start making preparations to begin operating by the end of...

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Public Infrastructure

Gimpo Airport’s Domestic Terminal to undergo Renovations

Posted byby Andy
February 15, 2012
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On the 15th of February Yonhap News reported that Gimpo Airport’s Domestic Terminal would be renovated for the first time in 32 years. The domestic terminal was originally used as...

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Large Scale Projects

Korea to get First Domed Baseball Stadium

Posted byby Andy
February 13, 2012
8 Comments

Korea’s first domed baseball park is already well under construction in west Seoul. The stadium is meant to replace Dongdaemun Stadium which was demolished back in 2008 and is being...

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Heavy Rail

Noryangjin Station to get Transfer Tunnel

Posted byby Andy
February 4, 2012
7 Comments

Though not a major project by any means, sometimes smaller projects are not without problems. It is well known that Noryangjin Station which serves both Lines 1 and 9 (Metro...

Posted inin Gangwon Province
General News and Updates

Funding approved for high-speed rail from Chuncheon to Sokcho

Posted byby Andy
February 1, 2012
1 Comment

Though it is still very early days, on the 31st of December 2011, 5 billion won of the government’s budget was set aside to speed up the planning process and...

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Incheon

Maglev at Incheon International Airport to be completed this year

Posted byby Andy
January 28, 2012
17 Comments

Incheon International Airport will become home to Korea’s first commercial urban maglev train line once completed in July this year but will not officially begin operating until October 2013. The trial...