Total number of AREX passengers has reached 500 million

Airport Railroad (AREX) has grown 17 times more in the duration of 11 years. The total number of AREX passengers has reached 500 million!

In June 2018, AREX that connects Seoul Station and Incheon Airport Terminal 1 and 2 has reached a total number of 500 million passengers. The total number of passengers recorded on 14th April 2018 was 400 million, and in 2 months, it has increased tremendously, making it 500,146,511 passengers in total.

Total number of AREX passengers in the past 11 years

In the early stage, there was a lower demand of AREX usage due to the reason that AREX was mainly used by passengers who are going to the airport. However, AREX has actively put in effort to provide more services for customers, create tourism content related to festivals and attractions around AREX stations in order to encourage the use of AREX. As a result, there are approximately 280,000 AREX passengers daily.

Currently, AREX has 13 stations including Seoul Station, Hongik University Station, Gimpo Airport Station, Incheon Airport Station, etc. Among all the AREX stations, Gimpo Airport Station has the highest number of daily passengers (approximately 85,000 passengers), followed by Hongik University Station (62,000 per day) and Seoul Station (61,000 per day).

The route with highest number of passengers is Gimpo Airport Station-Gyeyang Station (19,000 passengers in a day), followed by Gimpo Airport Station-Geomam Station (13,000 passengers in a day), Gimpo Airport Station-Seoul Station (10,000 passengers in a day).

AREX, as the public transportation that connects downtown Seoul to Incheon International Airport and Gimpo International Airport, has seen an increase in the number of foreign tourists every year, with a total of 3,056,115 foreigner passengers in 2017. The total number of foreign tourists that use AREX has reached 17,490,000 in the duration of 11 years.

In addition, there are approximately 704 people (60.5% foreigners) in a day that use the city airport terminal in Seoul Station to check in for international flights departing from Incheon Airport.

"We will set up mid to long-term management strategies and all our staff are doing our best", said AREX CEO Mr. Kim Han-young. He also said that "we will provide a safe and convenient train operation to our beloved AREX passengers."