Suin Line

Suin Line
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Overview
Native name	수인선（水仁線） Suinseon
Type	Rapid transit
System	Seoul Metropolitan Subway
Status	Operational
Termini	Suwon Incheon
Stations	27
Operation
Opened	August 5, 1937 (original route) June 30, 2012 (Phase 1) February 27, 2016 (Phase 2) TBA (Phase 3) (new route)
Closed	December 31, 1995 (original route)
Technical
Line length	25.9 km (16.1 mi)
No. of tracks	2
Route map Legend Bundang Line Line 1 x20px Suwon K245 Gosaek K246 Bongdam K247 Eocheon K248 Yamok K249 Sa-ri K250 Line 4 Hanyang Univ. at Ansan 449 Jungang 450 Gojan 451 Choji 452 Ansan 453 Singiloncheon 454 Jeongwang 455 Oido 456 Line 4 Darwol K251 x20px Wolgot K252 Soraepogu K253 Incheon Nonhyeon K254 Hogupo K255 Namdong Induspark K256 Incheon Line 1 x20px Woninjae K257 Yeonsu K258 x20px Songdo K259 Hagik K260 Yonghyeon K261 Namincheon K262 International Cruise Terminal K263 Line 1 Incheon K264

The Suin Line (Suwon-Incheon) is a rail line serving the Seoul Capital Area.

The original route, abandoned in 1995, was one of the few narrow-gauge railways in South Korea. It connected Suwon to Namincheon via Ansan and Siheung. 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. Phase 1 opened on June 30, 2012 from Oido Station to Songdo Station, though an in-fill station called Darwol Station opened in late 2014 as the surrounding area, Baegot New Town, became more developed. Meanwhile, Phase 2 will open on around February 27, 2016 as an extension from Songdo Station to Incheon Station. Lastly, in at least December 2017, Phase 3 will open between Suwon Station and Hanyang Univ. at Ansan Station, allowing the Suin Line to merge with the Bundang Line into a very long line (presumably named the "Bundang-Suin Line").

Stations

Current alignment

Opened June 30, 2012

The new alignment between Oido (technically starting from Hanyang University by Line 4) and Songdo opened on 05:30 KST, June 30, 2012 and it is expected to open between Incheon and Songdo on February 27, 2016 (excluding Hagik), while the remainder will not be in operation until at least December 2017. The new line will follow the following route.

Phase	Station number	Station name			Transfer	Line name	Station distance	Total distance	Location
		Romanized	Hangul	Hanja			in km
Phase 3 (2017)	K245	Suwon	수원	水原	Gyeongbu x16px  Bundang  Gyeongbu Saemaul-ho Mugunghwa-ho	Suin Line	---	0.0	Gyeonggi-do	Suwon
	K246	Gosaek	고색	古索
	K247	Bongdam	봉담	峰潭
	K248	Eocheon	어천	漁川						Hwaseong
	K249	Yamok	야목	野牧
	K250	Sa-ri	사리	四里						Ansan
	449	Hanyang Univ. at Ansan	한대앞	漢大前站	(Shared Line)	Ansan Line	1.5	1.5
	450	Jungang	중앙	中央			1.6	3.1
	451	Gojan	고잔	古棧			1.4	4.5
	452	Choji	초지	草芝			1.5	6.0
	453	Ansan	안산	安山			1.8	7.8
	454	Singil oncheon	신길온천	新吉溫泉			2.2	10.0
	455	Jeongwang	정왕	正往			2.9	12.9		Siheung
Phase 1 (Opened)	456	Oido	오이도	烏耳島			1.4	14.3
	K251	Darwol	달월	達月		Suin Line	2.1	16.4
	K252	Wolgot	월곶	月串			1.5	17.9
	K253	Soraepogu	소래포구	蘇萊浦口			1.3	19.2	Incheon	Namdong-gu
	K254	Incheon Nonhyeon	인천논현	仁川論峴			1.0	20.2
	K255	Hogupo	호구포	虎口浦			1.3	21.5
	K256	Namdong Induspark	남동인더스파크	南洞產業團地			1.3	22.8
	K257	Woninjae	원인재	源仁齋	Incheon 1		1.0	23.8		Yeonsu-gu
	K258	Yeonsu	연수	延壽			0.9	24.7
	K259	Songdo	송도	松島			2.7	27.4
Phase 2 (Feb. 27, 2016)	K260	Hagik	학익	鶴翼						Nam-gu
	K261	Inha University	인하대	龍現			2.4	29.8
	K262	Sungui	숭의	南仁川			1.8	31.6
	K263	Sinpo	신포	國際旅客船터미널			1.5	33.1		Jung-gu
	K264	Incheon	인천	仁川	x16px Wolmi Monorail (2016)		1.1	34.2

Former alignment

Station	Hangul	Hanja	Connecting Lines	Year of Closure	Location
Suwon	수원	水原	Line 1 Gyeongbu Line Suryeo Line	1995	Gyeonggi-do	Suwon
Gosaek	고색	古索		1974
Eocheon	어천	漁川		1995		Hwaseong
Yamok	야목	野牧		1995
Sari	사리	四里		1995		Ansan
Hanyang Univ. at Ansan	한대앞	漢大前站	Ansan Line (Shared Line)	1995
Jungang	중앙	中央		1994
Kojan	고잔	古棧		1994
Ansan	안산	安山		1994
Jeongwang	정왕	正往		1994		Siheung
Darwol	달월	達月		1994
Sorae	소래포구	蘇來		1994	Incheon	Namdong-gu
Nonhyeon	논현	論峴		1992
Namdong	남동	南洞		1992
Songdo	송도	松島		1992		Yeonsu-gu
Yonghyeon	용현	龍現		1973		Nam-gu
Incheon Harbor (Namincheon)	인천항 (남인천)	仁川港 (南仁川)		1973

Rolling stock

For the current Suin Line, Korail introduced third generation Class 351000 EMU trains. They are the same as the third generation Class 351000 trains from the Bundang Line, except that they are painted red like the Jungang, Gyeongui and Line 1 trains. In the future, these trains will either remain with a red stripe or be repainted with a yellow stripe when the Bundang Line and the Suin Line merge at Suwon Station.

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 (later renumbered KNR9160) and two KNR18000 are preserved at the railroad museum in nearby Uiwang.

Gallery

These images are in order from Suwon towards Namincheon.

• Suin Line - 2011-06-11 - 01 - Split by the Gyeongbu Line in Seryu-dong, Suwon.jpg

  Split by the Gyeongbu Line in Seryu-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-11 - 02 - In Seryu-dong, Suwon.jpg

  In Seryu-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-11 - 03 - Pill-box in Seryu-dong, Suwon.jpg

  Pill-box in Seryu-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-11 - 04 - Crossing the Seoho-cheon in Pyeong-dong, Suwon.jpg

  Crossing the Seohocheon in Pyeong-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-11 - 05 - In Pyeong-dong, Suwon.jpg

  In Pyeong-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-11 - 06 - In Pyeong-dong, Suwon.jpg

  In Pyeong-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-11 - 07 - In Pyeong-dong, Suwon.jpg

  In Pyeong-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-11 - 08 - In Pyeong-dong, Suwon.jpg

  In Pyeong-dong, Suwon
  

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  In Pyeong-dong, Suwon
  

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  In Pyeong-dong, Suwon
  

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  In Pyeong-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line in Gosaek-dong, Suwon - 2011-02-18.JPG

  In Gosaek-dong, Suwon
  

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  Crossing the Hwanggujicheon
  

• Suin Line crossing the Hwanggujicheon, Suwon - 2 - 2011-02-18.jpg

  Crossing the Hwanggujicheon
  

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  In Omokcheon-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line in Omokcheon-dong, Suwon - 2 - 2011-02-18.jpg

  In Omokcheon-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line in Omokcheon-dong, Suwon - 3 - 2011-02-18.jpg

  In Omokcheon-dong, Suwon
  

• Suin Line in Suyeong-ri, Bongdam-eup - 2011-02-18.jpg

  In Suyeong-ri, Hwaseong
  

• Suin Line in Suyeong-ri, Bongdam-eup - 2 - 2011-02-18.jpg

  In Suyeong-ri, Hwaseong
  

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  In Suyeong-ri, Hwaseong
  

• Suin Line in Suyeong-ri, Bongdam-eup - 4 - 2011-02-18.JPG

  In Suyeong-ri, Hwaseong
  

• Suin Line in Suyeong-ri, Bongdam-eup - 5 - 2011-02-18.jpg

  In Suyeong-ri, Hwaseong
  

• Suin Line in Suyeong-ri, Bongdam-eup - 6 - 2011-02-18.jpg

  In Suyeong-ri, Hwaseong
  

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  In Cheoncheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 02 - Suin Line in Cheoncheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Cheoncheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 03 - Suin Line in Seowon-maeul, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Seowon-maeul, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 04 - Suin Line in Seowon-maeul, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Seowon-maeul, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 05 - Suin Line in Seowon-maeul, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Seowon-maeul, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 06 - Suin Line in Seowon-maeul, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Seowon-maeul, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 07 - Suin Line in Seowon-maeul, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Seowon-maeul, Hwaseong
  

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  In Oksan-maeul, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 09 - Suin Line in Oksan-maeul, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Oksan-maeul, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 10 - Suin Line in Oksan-maeul, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Oksan-maeul, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 11 - Suin Line in Oksan-maeul, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Oksan-maeul, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 12 - Suin Line in Oksan-maeul, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Oksan-maeul, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 13 - Suin Line in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 14 - Suin Line in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-01 - 15 - Suin Line passing under the KTX line in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  Passing under the KTX line in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-22 - 01 - Tractor by the Suin Line passing under the KTX line in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  Tractor passing under the KTX line in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-05-22 - 02 - Suin Line passing between rice fields in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  Between rice fields in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-06-28 - 01 - Suin Line in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-06-28 - 02 - Suin Line in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-06-28 - 03 - Suin Line in Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

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  In Yacheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-06-28 - 05 - Suin Line crossing the Eo-cheon in Eocheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  Crossing the Eo-cheon in Eocheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-06-28 - 06 - Suin Line in Eocheon-ri, Hwaseong.jpg

  In Eocheon-ri, Hwaseong
  

• 2011-06-28 - 07 - Crossing near Former Eocheon Station.jpg

  Level crossing near the former Eocheon Station
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-30 - 01 - Eocheon Station.jpg

  Former Eocheon Station
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-30 - 02 - Eocheon from the west.jpg

  Eocheon from the West
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-30 - 03 - Crossing a Stream to the West of Eocheon Station.jpg

  A stream west of Eocheon
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-30 - 04 - Between Road 39 and Motorway 15.jpg

  Between Road 39 and the Seohaean Expressway
  

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  Location marker between Road 39 and the Seohaean Expressway
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-30 - 06 - Near Motorway 15.jpg

  Near the Seohaean Expressway
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-30 - 07 - Near Motorway 15.jpg

  Near the Seohaean Expressway
  

• Suin Line - 2011-06-30 - 08 - Looking West from under Motorway 15.jpg

  Looking west from under the Seohaean Expressway
  

See also

• Korail
• Suryeo Line
• Transportation in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics