Gyeonggi Province, Osan City, Hwaseong City, and Pyeongtaek City Pursue GTX-C Line Extension

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Gyeonggi Province, Osan City, Hwaseong City, and Pyeongtaek City signed a 'Mutual Cooperation Agreement for the Extension of the Metropolitan Expressway Railway (GTX) C Line to Hwaseong, Osan, and Pyeongtaek' on the 27th to promote the extension of the GTX C line serving the Seoul metropolitan area.

The signing ceremony, held in the situation room of the new Gyeonggi Province Government Building, was attended by Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, Osan Mayor Kwak Sang-wook, Hwaseong Mayor Seo Chul-mo, and Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-sung, who signed the agreement.

The agreement included ▲Active cooperation in extending the GTX C line to Hwaseong, Osan, and Pyeongtaek ▲Gyeonggi Province to coordinate with central government ministries while Osan, Hwaseong, and Pyeongtaek cities will provide support and cooperation at the level of basic local governments ▲Formation of a working-level consultative body to discuss various matters including administrative support.

Gyeonggi Province as well as Osan, Hwaseong, and Pyeongtaek cities plan to jointly pursue extending the Metropolitan Expressway Railway (GTX) C line, currently being developed under the Third National Railroad Development Plan from Deokjeong in Gyeonggi Province to Suwon, along the existing Gyeongbu Line to the Suwon-Byeongjeom-Osan-Jije section (29.8km) for operation.

The project cost is estimated at 167.7 billion won (vehicle cost 77.9 billion won), and annual operating costs are estimated at 12.7 billion won.

Meanwhile, Osan City and Hwaseong and Pyeongtaek cities jointly submitted a request to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to include the GTX C line extension project in the Fourth National Railroad Development Plan (2021-2030).