Ansan Line

Ansan Line
Overview
Native name	안산선(安山線)
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger rail Commuter rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Gyeonggi
Termini	Geumjeong Oido
Stations	14
Operation
Opened	25 October 1988
Owner	Korea Rail Network Authority
Operator(s)	Korail, Seoul Metropolitan Subway
Technical
Line length	26.0 km (16.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV/60 Hz AC Overhead line
Route map Gyeongbu Line, Gwacheon Line 0.0 Geumjeong Gyeongbu Line 2.3 Sanbon 3.4 Surisan 6.0 Daeyami Yeongdong Expressway 8.0 Banwol Seohaean Expressway Gyeongbu High Speed Railway 11.7 Sangnoksu Suin Line 13.2 Hanyang Univ.–Ansan Campus (Former Illi) See Suin Line 26.0 Oido Suin Line

Ansan Line is a railway line connecting Gunpo to Siheung and a line of the Rapid transit in South Korea. The line is also operated by Seoul Metropolitan Subway and is also a part of Seoul Metro's Line 4. The section Hanyang Univ. (Ansan)–Oido is the common section with the Suin Line.

History

In 1988 the section Geumjeong–Ansan is opened and the train was running through the Seoul Subway Line 1 (Gyeongbu Line) for Ansan. Since the opening of the Gwacheon Line the train has been running through the Seoul Subway Line 4. The line was extended as follows:

The list of Stations

Station Number	Station Name English	Station Name Hangul	Station Name Hanja	Transfer	Distance in km from Danggogae	Total Distance	Location
443	Geumjeong	금정	衿井		2.6	45.5	Gunpo-si
444	Sanbon	산본	山本		2.3	47.8
445	Surisan	수리산	修理山		1.1	48.9
446	Daeyami	대야미	大夜味		2.6	51.5
447	Banwol	반월	半月		2.0	53.5	Ansan-si
448	Sangnoksu	상록수	常綠樹		3.7	57.2
449	Hanyang University at Ansan	한대앞	漢大앞		1.5	58.7
450	Jungang	중앙	中央		1.6	60.3
451	Gojan	고잔	古棧		1.4	61.7
452	Choji	초지	草芝	Sosa–Wonsi (2016)	1.5	63.2
453	Ansan	안산	安山		1.8	65.0
454	Singil Oncheon	신길온천	新吉溫泉		2.2	67.2
455	Jeongwang	정왕	正往		2.9	70.1	Siheung-si
456	Oido	오이도	烏耳島	Suin	1.4	71.5

See also

• Subways in South Korea
• Seoul Subway Line 4

References

Korail lines
KTX / SRT	Gyeongbu HSR Honam HSR Suseo HSR
Main	Gyeongbu Gyeongjeon Honam Jungang
Regional	Chungbuk Daegu Donghae Gwangju Gyeongbuk Gyeongui Gyeongwon Janghang Jeolla Jinhae Taebaek Yeongdong Seohae (u/c) Gyeonggang Line (u/c)
Urban/Rapid	SCA ● Bundang ● Gyeongchun Mangu ● Gyeonggang ● Gyeongui–Jungang Yongsan ● Seoul Line 1 Byeongjeom Gyeongin ● Seoul Line 3 Ilsan ● Seoul Line 4 Ansan Gwacheon ● Suin BUG ● Donghae Bujeon–Masan (u/c) Byeollae (u/c) Daegok–Sosa (u/c) Hanam (u/c) Indeogwon–Suwon (u/c) Jinjeop (u/c) Sinansan (u/c) Sosa–Wonsi (u/c)