Politics · South Korea · 17 hrs ago
Siheung Seeks National Plan Support for Two Rail Projects
Siheung has asked the transport ministry to include two rail projects in South Korea’s fifth national rail network plan.
One proposal, the Sincheon-Sillim Line, would run 16.4 kilometres from Siheung through Gwangmyeong to Sillim Station in Seoul.
The other would extend the planned GTX-C line 14.2 kilometres to Oido Station in Siheung, beyond its currently planned endpoint at Sangnoksu Station.
Siheung has been studying both proposals, and the Sincheon-Sillim project is being pursued with nearby local governments.
Gyeonggi Province has also backed including the GTX-C extension in the national plan.
The ministry has been asked to consider both projects; the request does not mean they have been approved.
Siheung has asked South Korea’s transport ministry to include two rail projects in the country’s fifth national rail network plan.
The proposed Sincheon–Sillim line would connect Siheung’s Sincheon Station with Sillim Station in Seoul via Gwangmyeong.
The city also wants the planned GTX-C line extended from Sangnoksu Station to Oido Station in Siheung.
The projects would cover 16.4 kilometres and 14.2 kilometres, respectively.
- Who
- Siheung city government.
- What
- It asked the transport ministry to include two rail projects in the fifth national rail network plan.
- When
- 9 November 2026.
- Where
- The proposed routes would link Siheung with Seoul and Gwangmyeong, and extend the GTX-C line to Oido Station in Siheung.
- Why
- The city is seeking national plan support for the projects.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Siheung, Gwangmyeong, and Seoul’s Geumcheon and Gwanak districts signed a joint agreement to pursue the Sincheon–Sillim line.
The proposed GTX-C extension to Oido Station was included in Gyeonggi Province’s basic GTX Plus plan.
Siheung asked the transport ministry to include both projects in the fifth national rail network plan.
- Sincheon–Sillim line
- 16.4 kilometres, from Sincheon Station via Gwangmyeong to Sillim Station
- GTX-C extension
- 14.2 kilometres, from the planned Sangnoksu Station terminus to Oido Station
- National plan
- Fifth national rail network plan
- Request date
- 9 November 2026