Gwangju Metro Line 1 is a

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line in

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, operated by the

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(GRTC, or Gwangju Metro). It connects

Nokdong station Nokdong station is a railway station on Gwangju Metro Line 1 in Nokdong, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing ...

in Dong-gu at its eastern

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Pyeongdong station Pyeongdong station () is a station of Gwangju Metro Line 1 in Woljeon-dong, Gwangsan District, Gwangju, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, ...

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in the west, via the

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and

Gwangju Airport Gwangju Airport (Hangul: 광주공항, Hanja: 光州空港, Revised Romanization of Korean: Gwangju Gonghang, McCune-Reischauer: Kwangju Konghang) is an airport in the city of Gwangju, South Korea and is managed by the Korea Airports Corporatio ...

. On maps, it is designated by teal (●). The line began operations in 2004, making Gwangju the fifth South Korean city with a rapid transit system.

History

* August 28, 1996: Ground breaking ceremony for the Line 1 * April 28, 2004: Line 1 partially opened (Nokdong ↔ Sangmu) * April 11, 2008: Line 1 fully opened (Nokdong ↔ Pyeongdong)

Stations

As of 2021 Line 1 consists of twenty stations. Most trains operate between Pyeongdong and Sotae, with about one service per hour continuing to Nokdong station.

Plan to extend Line 1

The Gwangju City Government has a plan to extend the current Line 1 southward to

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and northward to

Naju Naju () is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The capital of South Jeolla was located at Naju until it was moved to Gwangju in 1895. The name Jeolla actually originates from the first character of Jeonju () and the first character of Na ...

. Recently, the Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development promised to include the Line 1 extension in its '5+2 extensive economic zone' project.

References

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History

Stations

Plan to extend Line 1

See also

References