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CA-NA-DA-ABC
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| CA-NA-DA-ABC wrote: |
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| That would be nice if the KTX went to the airport by having the airport located south of Seoul on or near the KTX line instead of being built in the far NW part of the country making getting to and from the airport longer for everyone and then many of the flights arrive later at night when the buses shut down. Now that's sparkling planning and zoning.. |
do your research before blindly bashing. The ICN airport railway is going to be branching over to Gwangmyeong KTX station in addition to being extended all the way over to Seoul station. |
That's good so there will be much quicker airport xfers. I'm bashing the far out remote location of the airport. South to Southeast of Seoul would be an excellent location offering a more direct quicker access. Koreans really are poor at zoning and planning as are many large sprawling cities.
I suppose they can build high speed rail service to remedy the inconvenience and then it really doesn't matter if they manage to cut the time from Seoul station down to 20 minutes. I don't think it'll do it though it technically could as it feels like the KTX doesn't run full speed like the bullet trains in Europe though they're nice trains. The KTX seems slow compared to Germany's ICE trains and France's TGV's though KTX is essentially the same technology. |
well, I don't know why the airport was built on Yeongjong Island. but Tokyo (aka the "land of milk and honey") seems to have the same deal going on with their Haneda airport closer to the city core, and the larger and more international Narita airport in the middle of nowhere. |
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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| I'm bashing the far out remote location of the airport. South to Southeast of Seoul would be an excellent location offering a more direct quicker access. Koreans really are poor at zoning and planning as are many large sprawling cities. |
I agree it would be nice to have the airport in a more accomodating area, but really, where else could they put a major international airport? South to Southeast doesn't work because of the hilly landscape. The island is really perfect for the airport, just not so much for us getting to/from it. |
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undauntedoh
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| no KTX |
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