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Incheon has 2.5 million inhabitants and lies only about 30 km west of Seoul, by the sea.

Trial runs on the initial Line 1, a 23 km north-south route, started in March 1999. After six years of construction it opened for regular service on 6 October 1999 as the fourth subway system in South Korea after Seoul, Busan and Daegu. A 6.5 km southern extension was added in spring 2009.

At Bupyeong transfer is possible to Korean National Railways, a route which is actually integrated into Seoul's subway network as an extension of Seoul's Line 1. At the northern terminus of the Incheon Subway line, at Gyeyang, it connects with the new railway to Incheon International Airport (Incheon Airport Railroad) which opened on 23 March 2007.

The Incheon subway is operated by Incheon Rapid Transit Corporation.

Since Oct 2012, Incheon has also been served by Seoul Subway Line no. 7.

06 Oct 1999 - Dongmak - Bakchon
07 Dec 1999 - Bakchon - Gyulhyeon
16 Mar 2007 - Gyulhyeon - Gyeyang
01 June 2009 - Dongmak - International Business District

 Projects

Incheon Subway Line 2 is planned to be operated with Bombardier LRT vehicles (DC 750V?)
Length : 28.9 km, 24 stations /2012, 35.8km, 30 Stations /2016:
Oryu-dong ~ Geomdan ~ Kyungseo ~ Seo-gucheong (which means 'West District Office') ~ Gajeong ~ Juan ~ Incheon City Hall (Line 1)~ Guwol ~ Namdong Gucheong (which means 'Southeast District Office') ~ Jangsu-dong ~ Incheon Grand Park

Line 3 would become a semicircular line crossing Line 1 at Yesul Hoegwan (Arts Center) and at Bupyeong Gucheong (Bupyeong-gu Office) - 39.3km, DC 1500V, ATC/ATO System (2012~2019) .

Incheon Rapid Transit Corporation (IRTC - Official Site)

Incheon Subway (Korean)

Incheon Subway at Wikipedia

Seoul Line 1 at Incheon:

Photos © Gofman