Gimpo International Airport Station is a subway, railway and light rail station on the
Seoul Subway Line 5
Seoul Subway Line 5 of the Seoul Metro, dubbed ''the purple line'', is a long line crossing from west to the east across the Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea. It is one of two subway lines in Seoul to cross ''under'' the Han River (the o ...
and
Line 9 and
AREX
AREX (Airport Railroad Express) is a South Korean commuter rail line that links Incheon International Airport with Seoul Station via Gimpo International Airport. The section between the two airports opened on March 23, 2007, and line was exten ...
and
Gimpo Goldline
The Gimpo Goldline ( or ) is a light metro line opened on 28 September 2019.
Background
Under the third mayor of Gimpo City, Kim Dongsik (김동식), the line was going to be an extension of Line 5. This idea was rejected by Seoul Metropolitan ...
. True to its name, it serves the nearby
Gimpo Airport
Gimpo International Airport (), commonly known as Gimpo Airport , formerly rendered in English as Kimpo International Airport, is located in the far western end of Seoul, some west of the Central District of Seoul. Gimpo was the main interna ...
, the hub of domestic flights in the Seoul metropolitan area as well as limited flights to/from
China
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,
Japan
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, and
Taiwan
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.
Upon its opening in 1996, it became the first railway station in the Korean Peninsula to directly serve an airport.
Gallery
File:Q54263 Gimpo International Airport A01.JPG, Station Sign (AREX)
File:Seoul-metro-line-9-902-Gimpo-international-airport-station-sign-20180914-162718.jpg, Station Sign (Line 9)
File:Seoul-metro-512-Gimpo-international-airport-station-sign-20180914-170332.jpg, Station Sign (Line 5)
File:Gimpo_Gold_Line_Gimpo_International_Airport_Station3.JPG, Station Sign (Gimpo Goldline)
Station layout
Vicinity
*Exit 1 : Gimpo Airport Domestic Terminal
*Exit 2 : Gimpo Airport International Terminal
References
Metro stations in Gangseo District, Seoul
Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations
Airport railway stations in South Korea
Railway stations opened in 1996
Gimpo International Airport
1996 establishments in South Korea
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