Method for increasing rail operation capacity of capital high speed rail with expanding the high speed railway service

고속철도 서비스 확대를 위한 수도권 고속철도 확충 방안 고찰

In 1998, because of the economic crisis called IMF Crisis in Korea, Kyungbu high speed railway project could run by modifying the original plan to open it as a 1st phase only by utilizing the existing railway lines from Seoul to Siheung and the other one from Daegu to Pusan. The modified plan includes that the line from Daegu to Pusan will be constructed as a second phase in next time. Starting railway operation with the changed plan, the combined application operation of high speed rail, passenger rail and freight rail was caused partly from Seoul to Siheung to run into capital area. As a result, the opinion for additional railway line construction is insisted continuously because the operation volume of passenger rail was forced to be reduced, the service quality of it was decreased and it became difficult to add new high speed services. Moreover, with regard to Honam high speed rail, the new construction plan of station in Kangnam metro area as a basement station for starting from Suseo was changed to the plan of turning out at Osong because of the economic effectiveness and this kept resident people in Kangnam metro area and southern Kyungki area unable to get the opportunity of high speed rail service benefit. After beginning of Kyungbu high speed railway operation, national transportation system developments are focused on high speed rail, and when the second phase construction of Kyungbu high speed rail, beginning operation of Kyungjeon line, Jeolla line double track construction, Honam high speed rail in 2014, is completed, the demand for high speed rail will be increased and it is unavoidable to make Kwangmyung station as a basement station and to reduce the number of passenger rail operation. At this moment, it is valuable to consider adding the railway line capacity in capital area to improve the transferring service for citizen who live in area without Kyungbu high speed rail station and to expand the service area from Kangbuk to Kangnam and southern Kyungki area. Accordingly, in this paper, the effective rail operation method, facility plan and the other issue to be reviewed for increasing capital high speed railway lines will be mentioned.

정부고속철도 건설계획이 1998년 IMF로 인하여 서울 시흥구간 및 대구$\sim$부산간은 기존 경부선을 이용하여 우선 개통하고, 2단계로 대구$\sim$부산구간을 신설 개통하는 것으로 변경됨에 따라 서울도심 입출구부인 서울$\sim$시흥구간은 고속열차, 일반열차 및 화물열차의 운용운행으로 일반열차 운행횟수 축소로 인한 서비스 저하, 고속철도 서비스 추가 어려움 등으로 동 구간의 신설확장에 대한 지속적인 필요성이 제기 되어 왔으며, 호남고속철도 또한 수서 출발을 위한 강남권 고속철도 건설계획이 경제성 등의 이유로 오송에서 분기하는 것으로 변경됨에 따라 강남권 및 경기남부지역 주민들의 고속철도 서비스혜택의 기회가 박탈되는 결과률 초래하였다. 경부고속철도 개통이후 국가교통체계가 고속철도 중심으로 변화하고 있고, 경부고속철도 2단계 개통, 경전선 및 전라선 복선전칠 완공, 2014년 호남고속철도 개통시 고속열차 추가수요가 발생하나, 서울$\sim$시흥구간의 선로용량 부족으로 고속열차 광명역 출발, 일반열차 운행횟수 축소 등의 파행적인 열차운영이 불가피하므로 이와 같은 문제점을 근본적으로 해소하기 위한 강북구간 (광명$\sim$화전) 의 선로확장과 더불어 강남구간 (수서$\sim$평택)의 고속철도 신설을 추진하여야 한다. 이에 따라 본 고찰에서는 수도권 고속철도 선로확충을 위한 효율적인 열차운영방안, 시설계획 등 고려 하여야 할 사항에 대하여 검토하고자 한다.