Gwangju subway's second line coming! In 2022.

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Hard to read map, via Newsis.

The Jeonnam Ilbo and Gwangju Ilbo have the latest news on the long-proposed second subway line in Gwangju (광주지하철2호선). Construction will begin after the 2015 Universiade, will proceed in three phases, and is expected to be completed by 2022. Specifics on the second line haven't been finalized yet, but the Jeonnam Ilbo shows roughly what it will look like:

ë�„시철ë�„ 2호선ì�˜ 당초 노선ì�€ 효천역~백운광장~남광주역~서방사거리~광주역~ë�™ìš´ê³ ê°€~종합터미ë„�~시청신청사~í’�암지구~백운광장ì�´ì—ˆì§€ë§Œ 변경 고시를 통해 시청~운천역~금호지구~월드컵경기장~백운광장(~효천역)~남광주역~광주역~전남대~첨단지구~수완지구~시청 구간 확대 순환선으로 바뀌었다. 정거장 정차시간ì�„ í�¬í•¨í•œ 2호선ì�˜ ì†�ë�„는 38.8㎞/hrë¡œ 첨단ì—�ì„œ 백운광장까지 약 30분ì�´ë‚´ì—� ë�„ì°©í•  수 있으며, 1호선과ì�˜ 연계를 위한 환승역ì�€ 운천역과 남광주역으로 계íš�ë�¼ 있다.

For as long as I have been looking at Gwangju subway maps, I've read about plans for additional lines. The subway website even used to have a map showing lines two and three, but it reflected neither reality nor the plans announced in February 2010.

Line 1 opened in August 1996, and the Naver encyclopedia entry says that before the "IMF Crisis"---the Asian Financial Crisis---there were five lines planned for Gwangju, but by 2000 they whittled it down to plans for just two more. The Korean Wikipedia page tells us where those five lines would've gone:

최초 계�

* 1호선(20.60㎞) : ë�™êµ¬ 소태ë�™ ~ 금남로 ~ ìƒ�무신ë�„ì‹œ ~ 광주공항 ~ 광주송정역 ~ í�‰ë�™ì‚°ì—…단지 (1996ë…„ ì°©ê³µ 후 2003ë…„ 개통 계íš�)
* 2호선(13.70㎞) : 남구 효천역 - 송암공단 - 백운광장 - 금남로 4ê°€ - ë§�바우시장 - ë¶�구 문화ë�™ (2004ë…„ ì°©ê³µ 후 2009ë…„ 개통 계íš�)
* 3호선(24.00km) : 장성군 월정리 - 광산구 첨단지구 - 양산지구 - 국립광주박물관 - 광주문화예술회관 - 유스퀘어 - �성 - 백운광장 - 남광주역 - 광주역
* 4호선(28.15㎞) : 광주역 - 전남대학êµ� - ë¶�구 오치ë�™ - ì�¼ê³¡ì§€êµ¬ - 양산지구 - 보훈병ì›� - 광주시청 - ìƒ�무 - 서구 금호지구 - 월드컵경기장 - 금남로 5ê°€ - 광주역
* 5호선(16.60㎞) : 장성군 월정리 - 하남공단 - 광산구 ìš°ì‚°ë�™ - 유스퀘어 - 금남로 5ê°€

Because I love subways that would've been awesome, but excessive. And nowadays the buses do cover a lot of this ground, above-ground.

First subway in Gwangju, by 양광삼 기�.