Sinbundang Line: all 16 stations from Sinsa to Gwanggyo
A fully underground express line from Gangnam to Pangyo and Suwon, with wide station spacing. 16 stations, 121 keystrokes.
October 6, 2026 · 1 min read
The Sinbundang Line opened on October 28, 2011 between Gangnam and Jeongja, and was extended to Gwanggyo in 2016 and to Sinsa in 2022. It was built as a privately financed, fully underground line, and every train runs express with unusually wide spacing between stations.
The stations
From Sinsa the line runs Nonhyeon, Sinnonhyeon, Gangnam, Yangjae, Yangjae Citizen's Forest, Cheonggyesan Entrance, Pangyo, Jeongja, Migeum, Dongcheon, Suji-gu Office, Seongbok, Sanghyeon, Gwanggyo Jungang and Gwanggyo. Seven of them are transfers: Sinsa, Nonhyeon, Sinnonhyeon, Gangnam, Yangjae, Jeongja and Migeum.
A driverless line
The Sinbundang Line runs without drivers, and when it opened it was the world’s fifth fully driverless subway and the second in South Korea. Gangnam to Jeongja, the first section, takes only 16 minutes, and the whole line from Sinsa to Gwanggyo takes about 42 minutes at speeds above 90 km/h. Every station except the southern end is underground.
Typing it
The line takes 121 Hangul keystrokes, about 7.6 per station. Yangjae Citizen's Forest (양재시민의숲) is the longest at 16, then Cheonggyesan Entrance at 14 and Gwanggyo Jungang at 12, while Pangyo, Jeongja and Migeum need five. It is short enough for a warm-up. Start the Sinbundang Line.
Common questions
How many stations does the Sinbundang Line have in HelloSubway?
16 stations, from Sinsa to Gwanggyo.
Where can I change from the Sinbundang Line to another line?
7 of its stations are shared with other lines in the game, including Sinsa, Nonhyeon, Sinnonhyeon, Gangnam, Yangjae, Jeongja.
How hard is the Sinbundang Line to type?
Typing every station once takes 121 keystrokes, about 7.6 per station. The longest name is Yangjae Citizen's Forest at 16. The game rates it level 1 of 7 among the lines of its city.
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