PROJECTSubway tunnels

Subway tunnels

Subway tunnelsGreat Train Express (GTX) for Metropolitan Area
Category Build-Transfer-Lease (BTL) / First & Alteration proposal
Client Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs
Contractor Hyundai Development Company
Period January 01, 2009 ~ March 31, 2009 / January 17, 2011 ~ March 31, 2012
Project Information
  • Location

    Seoul and Gyeonggi-do (Gunpo-si, Anyang-si, Bucheon-si, Goyang-si, Uijeongbu-si, Gwacheon-si, Seongnam-si), Korea

   

  • Description
    • Total L = 138km
    • Tunnel L = 135km
    • 27 Stations
    • 3 Railway vehicle bases     

 

  • Technical Issues
    • Design of a large section tunnel station and emergency facilities considering the deep tunnel
    • Design of auxiliary reinforcement methods for the safety of major facilities of downtown area and passing through fractured zones under the Han River