Choo Mee-ae Requests Blueprint and Budget Division's Cooperation for Incheon Line 2 Goyang Extension Preliminary Feasibility Study Approval

Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mee-ae has requested cooperation from the Budget and Planning Division, the administrative agency overseeing the project, for approval of the preliminary feasibility study for the Incheon Line 2 Goyang extension project ahead of its second preliminary review meeting.

Governor Choo announced on the 11th that she delivered a letter containing these matters to Park Hong-keun, Minister of the Budget and Planning, on the 10th. The letter also conveyed her request to expand national-level financial support for expanding Gyeonggi Province's railway network.

In the letter, Governor Choo stated that "the Incheon Line 2 Goyang extension project is a key metropolitan railway project in the northwestern capital region, directly connecting from Incheon's Seo District through Gimpo to Goyang without passing through Seoul, and is a long-cherished desire of residents in northwestern Gyeonggi Province who have endured transportation inconveniences for many years."

Governor Choo further evaluated the project as "an undertaking that resolves the long-standing transportation difficulties of residents in northwestern Gyeonggi Province and repays their exceptional sacrifice," and emphasized that it is "a matter of guaranteeing fair mobility rights to residents who have endured inconvenience and restrictions for national security for many years, and substantively repaying their sacrifice."

The Incheon Line 2 Goyang extension project was selected as a subject for preliminary feasibility study in July 2023, and after the first preliminary review meeting in January 2025, it is currently awaiting its second preliminary review meeting. After the second preliminary review meeting, only procedures remain that will determine whether the project passes the preliminary feasibility study, including comprehensive evaluation and final deliberation, making this stage critical.

The Incheon Line 2 Goyang extension project is a metropolitan railway project connecting 19.63 kilometers from Dokjeong Station in Incheon's Seo District through Gyulpo North Bank in Gimpo to Kintex, Juyeop, and Jungsan District in Goyang, with a total project cost of 2.083 trillion won.

Once the line opens, transfer connections are expected to link with six lines including the Seoul Metropolitan Area Rapid Transit (GTX) Line A, with approximately 87,000 daily users from existing lines being dispersed and congestion being alleviated, according to Gyeonggi Province's analysis.

Additionally, Governor Choo also recommended that the '5th National Railway Network Construction Plan,' which the current government is reviewing, expand the scale of new project inclusions to over 100 trillion won so that 40 projects—including high-speed, general, and metropolitan railway projects—previously proposed by Gyeonggi Province can be reflected to the maximum extent, and that national financial support for railway network expansion also be increased.