Seoul Subway Line 7 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation was built 1990-96 (Jangam-Konkuk Univ.) and was completed 1 Aug. 2000 (central section 17 km. Konkuk University to Sinpung); the western section between Sinpung and Onsu was put into service on 29 Feb. 2000. This north-south line does not run through the city centre but links Gangnam directly to the northern parts of town. Taken for use in wikipedia, by this user. ... Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRTC) was established to operate the Seoul Subway lines number 5, 6, 7, and 8. ...

The future plan is an extension to Incheon Subway Line 1 to relieve the traffic congestion in western Seoul and northern Incheon. 9 stations will be added by 2010 for the 9.8 km extension, starting from Onsu Station of Line 7 and ending at Bupyeong-gu Office Station of Incheon Subway Line 1[1]. By that time, this line will run through 5 cities. Current length: 46.9 km.

Technical Information

Manufacturer

The trains manufactured for the initial opening stage (stations Jangam and Kunkuk University) in 1996 were manufactured by DaeWoo Heavy Industries between 1995 and 1996 and they used inverters from GEC-ALSTOM.

For the second opening stage between Shinpung and Onsu and in preparation for the opening of stations Shinpung and Kunkuk University, Hanjin Heavy Industries manufactured new trains using Toshiba inverters. Currently, all line 7 trains are being modified to be fire resistant.

Train Specifications

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Train Car Composition

Side facing Jangam < 71xy - 72xy - 73xy - 74xy - 75xy - 76xy - 77xy - 70xy > Side facing Onsu.

Side facing Jangam < Tc - Mp - M - T - T - Mp - M - Tc > Side facing Onsu.

Tc: Control Trailer Mp: Motor Car w/ Pantograph M: Motor Car w/o Pantograph T: Trailer.

Station

Line 7 Ttukseom Resort station

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External links

• Seoul Metropolitan Government's Line 7 extension page includes a route map and status information for the westward extension from Onsu.
• UrbanRail.Net's Seoul Subway Page

See also

• Subways in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics
• Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
• Seoul Metropolitan Subway