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

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, and

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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 {{Seoul-metro-station-stub