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Seoul Subway Line 7 service to Jangam station resumes
Seoul Subway Line 7 trains will return to Jangam station on Oct.
31 after service was suspended on Oct.
2.
The station was closed to allow construction of a temporary station during work on the line's extension.
The existing station is being removed and a new one built as part of the Dobongsan–Okjeong railway project.
While Jangam was closed, trains ran only as far as Dobongsan, and a free shuttle bus connected Dobongsan with Jangam.
The shuttle service will end when trains resume at Jangam.
The 15.1-kilometre extension is being built as a single-track railway, and construction was 64% complete as of October.
Seoul Subway Line 7 service to Jangam Station is set to resume on October 31.
The station had been closed since the 2nd while a temporary station was prepared for construction work.
Trains had been running only as far as Dobongsan Station during the closure.
Gyeonggi Province said safety, signalling and communications checks were completed, and the transport ministry approved a change to the railway safety management system on October 28.
Free shuttle buses between Dobongsan Station’s transfer center and Jangam Station will stop operating when train service resumes.
- Who
- Gyeonggi Province announced the resumption of service.
- What
- Seoul Subway Line 7 trains will run to Jangam Station again.
- When
- October 31.
- Where
- Jangam Station in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
- Why
- A temporary station was prepared while the existing station was demolished and a new one built for the Dobongsan–Okjeong rail extension.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Jangam Station service was suspended.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport approved a change to the railway safety management system.
Gyeonggi Province announced that service would resume the following day.
Train service to Jangam Station is scheduled to resume.
- Station
- Jangam Station
- Line
- Seoul Subway Line 7
- Resumption date
- October 31
- Construction project
- Dobongsan–Okjeong metropolitan railway
- Project length
- 15.1 km
- Project progress
- About 64% complete as of October