Three Railroad Lines for Hwaseong City Confirmed in Fourth National Railroad Network Plan

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Hwaseong City is expected to establish itself as a transportation hub that rapidly connects Seoul and the Seoul metropolitan area along the national wide-area railroad network.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 29th that it has confirmed ▲Shinbundang Line Extension (Homaesil-Bongdam) ▲Sudogwon Inland Line (Dongtan-Cheongju International Airport) ▲Bundang Line Extension (Giheung-Dongtan-Osan) in the Fourth National Railroad Network Construction Plan and will promulgate them by next week.

In response, Hwaseong Mayor Seo Chul-mo stated, "Following this Fourth National Railroad Network Construction Plan, Hwaseong City will become the central axis driving the competitiveness of the Seoul metropolitan area," and added, "We will actively cooperate to ensure that the project proceeds smoothly."

When the Shinbundang Line, which connects Suwon's Homaesil to Hwaseong's Bongdam, and the Bundang Line, which extends from Giheung in Yongin through Dongtan in Hwaseong to Osan, are extended, accessibility to Seoul's downtown area will be shortened to within one hour.

Additionally, the Sudogwon Inland Line, into which approximately 2.3 trillion won will be invested, is expected to open a new chapter in balanced national development as a wide-area railroad network that starts from Dongtan in Hwaseong and travels the entire 78.8-kilometer route to Anseong-Jincheon-Seonsu Village-Chungbuk Innovation City-Cheongju International Airport in just 34 minutes.

Meanwhile, on this day, Vice Mayor Im Jong-chul of Hwaseong and Moon Yu-min, speaker of the Hwaseong City Council, attended an emergency joint press conference held at Anseong City Hall and congratulated the reflection of the Fourth Sudogwon Inland Line in the national plan together with Mayor Kim Bo-ra of Anseong, County Governor Song Ki-sup of Jincheon, and Vice Mayor Im Taek-su of Cheongju.