Suin Line

Template:Short description Template:Infobox rail line The Suin Line (Suwon-Incheon; Korean: Template:Category handler) was a metro line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway serving the Seoul Capital Area.

The original route, abandoned in 1995, was one of the few Template:Track gauge narrow-gauge railways in South Korea. Opened by the privately owned Chosen Gyeongdong Railway in 1937, it connected Suwon to Namincheon via Ansan and Siheung; in 1942, it was taken over by another private railway, the Chosen Railway (the largest of colonial Korea's privately owned railway companies). The Chosen Railway owned the line until all railways in Korea were nationalized after 1945. However, since December 28, 2004, the Suin Line is being reconstructed with standard gauge and double tracking as an integral part of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway network and is opening in three phases.

All northbound trains terminated at Incheon, all southbound services terminated at Oido. Express train service served only Oido, Soraepogu, Incheon Nonhyeon, Woninjae, Yeonsu, Inha University, and Incheon.

Trains along the line were 6 cars long. Platforms at stations are built for 8 cars in preparation for the merging of the Bundang Line with the Suin Line, and are prepared for 10 cars when the extension occurs.

Trains run at an interval of 15 minutes throughout the day.

History

2012:

June 30: The rebuilt Suin Line is officially opened from Oido to Songdo.

2014:

December 27: Darwol Station opens as an in-fill station.

2016:

February 27: The line is extended westward from Songdo to Incheon.

2017:

July 10: Express service is launched on the line.

2020:

September 12: The line is extended eastward from Oido to Suwon. The Suin Line and Bundang Line are integrated into Suin–Bundang Line, which connects Incheon and Wangsimni. Trains run from Cheongnyangni station or Wangsimni station to Jukjeon station, Gosaek station, or Incheon station.

Planned for the future

Hagik station is planned to open between Songdo and Inha University in 2020. In addition, a connection line is under consideration at Suwon that will allow KTX trains to run between the Gyeongbu high-speed railway and Incheon Station via the Suin-Bundang Line by 2025.

Stations

Current alignment

Station number	Station name			Transfer			Line name	Phase	Station distance	Total distance	Location
	Romanized	Hangul	Hanja						in km
↑ Through-services to/from Cheongnyangni via Bundang Line (Suin–Bundang Line) ↑
K245	Suwon		水原	Template:Rint File:Korail logo.svg Mugunghwa-ho and ITX-Saemaeul services File:KTX logo.svg			Suin Line	3	---	0.0	Gyeonggi-do	Suwon
K246	Gosaek		古索
K247	Omokcheon		梧木川
K248	Eocheon		漁川									Hwaseong
K249	Yamok		野牧
K250	Sari		四里									Ansan
K251	Hanyang Univ. at Ansan		漢大앞	style="color:white;background-color:#Template:Rcr; width:1pt" rowspan="8"|	Line 4 (shared)	Template:Rint	Ansan Line		1.5	1.5
K252	Jungang		中央			1.6			3.1
K253	Gojan		古棧			1.4			4.5
K254	Choji		草芝	Template:RouteBox		1.5			6.0
K255	Ansan		安山			1.8			7.8
K256	Singiloncheon		新吉溫泉			2.2			10.0
K257	Jeongwang		正往			2.9			12.9	Siheung
K258	Oido		烏耳島	Template:Rint		1		1.4	14.3
K259	Darwol		達月				Suin Line	2.1	16.4
K260	Wolgot		月串					1.5	17.9
K261	Soraepogu		蘇萊浦口					1.3	19.2	Incheon	Namdong-gu
K262	Incheon Nonhyeon		仁川論峴					1.0	20.2
K263	Hogupo		虎口浦					1.3	21.5
K264	Namdong Induspark		南洞인더스파크					1.3	22.8
K265	Woninjae		源仁齋					1.0	23.8		Yeonsu-gu
K266	Yeonsu		延壽					0.9	24.7
K267	Songdo		松島					2.7	27.4
K268	Hagik (2020)	학익	鶴翼					2				Nam-gu
K269	Inha University		仁荷大						2.4		29.8
K270	Sungui		崇義						1.8		31.6
K271	Sinpo		Template:Linktext						1.5		33.1	Jung-gu
K272	Incheon		仁川	Template:Rint Wolmi Sea Train					1.1		34.2

Former alignment

Station	Hangul	Hanja	Connecting Lines	Year of Closure	Location
Suwon		Template:Linktext	Line 1 Gyeongbu Line Suryeo Line	1995	Gyeonggi-do	Suwon
Gosaek		Template:Linktext		1974
Eocheon		Template:Linktext		1995		Hwaseong
Yamok		Template:Linktext		1995
Sari		Template:Linktext		1995		Ansan
Hanyang Univ. at Ansan		Template:Linktext앞	Line 4 (Shared Line)	1995
Jungang		Template:Linktext		1994
Gojan		Template:Linktext		1994
Ansan		Template:Linktext		1994
Jeongwang		Template:Linktext		1994		Siheung
Darwol		Template:Linktext		1994
Soraepogu		Template:Linktext		1994	Incheon	Namdong-gu
Hogupo		Template:Linktext		1992
Namdong Induspark		Template:Linktext		1992
Songdo		Template:Linktext		1992		Yeonsu-gu
Inha Univ.		Template:Linktext		1973		Nam-gu
Sungui	인천항 (남인천)	Template:Linktext (Template:Linktext)		1973

Rolling stock

The Suin Line used 18 Korail Class 351000 trains. They were the same as the third generation Class 351000 trains from the Bundang Line, except that they were painted red like the Gyeongui-Jungang Line and Line 1 trains. These trains have since been repainted yellow to match the color of Bundang Line trains; this was done in anticipation of the merging of the Bundang and Suin Lines into the Suin–Bundang Line.

For the former Suin Line, the Korean National Railroad built a narrow gauge steam locomotive, the KNR160 diesel car (also known as the Niigata/Kawasaki Diesel Car), and the KNR18000 passenger car. One KNR160 car (later renumbered KNR9160) and two KNR18000 car are preserved at the railroad museum in nearby Uiwang.

Sungui Station

Sungui

See also

• Korail
• Suryeo Line
• Transportation in South Korea