Gwangmyeong Mayor Park Seung-won Joins Relay Challenge for New Shincheon-Haan-Sillim Line

Gwangmyeong Mayor Park Seung-won participated on the 27th in a citizens' relay challenge at Haan-dong Post Office intersection expressing aspirations for the construction of the new Shincheon~Haan~Sillim Line.

Mayor Park participated by holding a placard stating that the Shincheon~Haan~Sillim Line should be reflected in the 5th National Railroad Network Development Plan to realize balanced development of the Seoul metropolitan area.

The Shincheon~Haan~Sillim Line is a 16.4-kilometer metropolitan railway that connects Shincheon Station in Siheung, the Gwangmyeong Siheung 3rd New Town, Haan-dong in Gwangmyeong, and Doksan and Sillim in Seoul.

The challenge was voluntarily initiated on the 23rd by citizen members of the Pan-Citizen Promotion Committee for the Shincheon~Haan~Sillim Line at the lawn plaza of Gwangmyeong City Hall and has continued.

Mayor Park, nominated by citizen members, participated as the second runner and designated Siheung Mayor Lim Byung-taek, Geumcheon-gu District Chief Choi Ki-chan, and Gwanak-gu District Chief Park Jun-hee of Seoul as the next runners to expand joint responses among the four local governments through which the Shincheon~Haan~Sillim Line passes.

Mayor Park said, "The Shincheon~Haan~Sillim Line is an important route that will connect Gwangmyeong, Siheung, and Seoul's southwestern region, alleviating citizens' transportation inconvenience and improving travel convenience between regions," adding, "We will work together with relevant local governments to push for the construction of this railway."

Gwangmyeong City is promoting the reflection of the Shincheon~Haan~Sillim Line in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 5th National Railroad Network Development Plan, while also urging the swift advancement of the 'Seoul Metropolitan Area Southwest Line Metropolitan Railway Private Investment Project (provisional name)' that includes the route.

The city met with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in March and the Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in July this year to propose the project promotion, and in September held a pan-citizen resolution rally and conducted a signature campaign, delivering a petition signed by 15,990 citizens to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.