Incheon International Airport – Procedure for the Abolition of the City of KTX … Urgency of the Gwangju Global Swimming Competition

Gwangju City "Cooperation with other cities jointly … Preparation of countermeasures such as bus transportation at the time of the abolition"

A strand was taken in the direction of the abolition of the high-speed rail line connecting the airport of Incheon to Gwangju, and an emergency took place in Gwangju City for prepare transportation measures prior to the next year 's swimming championships.
According to Gwangju City on the 30th, the Ministry of Land, Transportation and Tourism recently submitted a request for a change of KORAIL rail business plan and seeks to remove the direct KTX route between the local metropolitan cities and the city. # 39; Incheon International Airport.

KORAIL temporarily suspends the operation of the vehicle due to the maintenance of the vehicle since the beginning of the year.

Most municipalities opposed the city council meeting held at the Incheon International Airport on March 3, but the Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure and Transportation reported that the boarding rate was low

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The Incheon KTX International Airport, which opened in June 2014, operated 22 flights a day (one way) and 2 flights (four return) to the Honam line (station Gwangju Songjeong – Incheon Airport).

According to KORAIL badysis, out of 14,470 KTX seating seats to and from Incheon International Airport, the number of visitors per day is 3,443, or only 22.9%.

It is estimated that about 80% of these pbadengers are traveling on empty seats.

In particular, the number of pbadengers from Songjeong Station to Incheon Airport is lower, with an average of 20 to 30 pbadengers a day, which is well below 10%.

An emergency took place in Gwangju City.
Considering that more than 15,000 people, including 20 players and executives, participated in the event, the number of paid visitors to Budapest in 2017 reached 480,000, it is essential to take a direct train to the city. Incheon International Airport and the host city of Gwangju.

An official from Kwangju City said, "If KTX is abolished between the provincial and Incheon airports, we will cooperate with other cities like Incheon to take joint action." If the abolition is confirmed, KTX at Seoul Station. "

An official from the organizing committee of the 2019 Gwangju World Championships said: "If KTX is abolished, we will study the preferences of athletes from each country and if they want to take a bus, we will take A bus from Incheon Airport to Gwangju. We are trying to find a way to get back to the hostel from Gwangju. "

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(Gwangju = News from Yonhap)