<Anchor> The



news at 8:00 pm on the day of Buddha's birthday starts with the controversial metropolitan express railway issue. When the plan to connect the GTX-D route only from Gimpo to Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do was announced a while ago, the citizens of Gimpo and the surrounding regions strongly opposed it. In order to solve the chronic traffic crisis, the route must be connected through southern Seoul to Hanam, Gyeonggi-do. As the backlash grew, politicians recently took the Gimpo light rail during busy times, and the heads of four local governments, including Gimpo, are planning to release a joint statement calling for an extension of the route tomorrow (20th).



The first news, this is Yoo Soo-hwan.



<Reporter> At



work time, South station of the'Gimpo Gold Line' of the light railroad in Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do.



[Take? Ride? I don't think I can ride... .] I



managed to get on, but there is no space inside the train.



At the next station, passengers are crowded again.



There are many passengers who couldn't get on the train at all.



[Kim Gyeong-suk/Gimpo Citizen: This is not bad at all right now. Because of the corona now (decrease), I usually have to miss three times to get on.] The



Gimpo Gold Line, called'Kimgola', is only two trains, and the congestion rate is approaching 300% because it is narrower than the Seoul subway.



It is about one person standing on half an area of ​​A4 paper.



It is Gimpo Airport Station, the last station on the Gimpo Gold Line.



Now the time is pointing at 8:49 am and you can still see the crowds of citizens on their way to work come out.



On the 22nd of last month, the Korea Transport Institute announced the so-called'Kim Bu-seon' at the'National Rail Network Construction Plan' public hearing.



The GTX-D line for the metropolitan express train was proposed from Gimpo to Bucheon.



The anger of the citizens of Gimpo, who were expecting direct access to Seoul, broke out.



[Jeongboksun / civil society members. Meanwhile, commuters have had forward just too difficult GTX-D lines are Kimpo citizens was a real horn]



. "Politicians come and look at the other the 'Kim singles'," said one citizen suggested the' Relay Challenge And former Democratic Party representative Lee Nak-yeon responded.



Former CEO Lee, who experienced'Hell,' made a bitter voice by calling the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport at the scene.



[Lee Nak-yeon/Former Democratic Party Representative: GTX-D government has promised, so we must keep the promise and urge the government to keep the original bill.]



Civic groups have appointed Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon as the next challenge runners. is.



Mayors of Gimpo, Bucheon, and Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, and the Mayor of Gangdong-gu, Seoul, will announce a joint statement tomorrow morning and urge the extension of the GTX-D route to Gangnam, Seoul and Hanam, Gyeonggi as the original plan.



(Video coverage: Gong Jin-gu·Kim Seung-tae, Video editing: Ha Seong-won)