Guri City Pursues Strategy Research on GTX-B Galmaae Station Stop

[Suwon Ilbo=Eom In-yong Reporter] Guri City held a kickoff meeting on the 30th of last month for 'GTX-B Galmaae Station Additional Stop Strategy Research Project' to address traffic issues in the Galmaae area, a pressing local concern.

The meeting focused on discussing future research directions, centered on key matters requiring scientific analysis and supplementation of the results of the GTX-B Galmaae Station stop feasibility verification conducted by the Korea Railroad Corporation in December of last year.

Main review items include developing concrete negotiation measures regarding financial impacts such as fare losses that private operators are concerned about, and analyzing factors for increased demand usage to apply exceptions to the inter-station distance standard (approximately 4km) according to the 'Wide-Area Express Railway Project Work Processing Guidelines.'

In particular, reflecting the fact that housing supply of approximately 6,800 units is planned on the Taerung CC site pursuant to the 'Urban Housing Supply Expansion Plan' announced by the government on January 29, the city plans to conduct economic feasibility analysis including increased traffic demand from that development and demand from nearby Sahmyook University and other institutions.

Based on this, the city will promptly complete coordination with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and relevant agencies, and will work to increase the feasibility of realizing the Galmaae Station stop.

Chae Suchun, director of the city's balanced development division, stated, "The GTX-B Galmaae Station stop is a core project that goes beyond simply improving transportation convenience to improve the entire transportation system of the northeastern region including the Galmaae area and Taerung CC," and added, "We will establish objective and concrete basis to actively pursue coordination with relevant agencies and private operators, and do our best to translate this into transportation improvements that residents can feel."