Undergrounding of "Daejeon Marshalling Yard" Railway... Innovation Space for Future Industries and Startups to Be Created Above

Daejeon City Holds Business Agreement Signing and Project Launch Briefing
with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Public Agencies,
and Research Institutes

Photo by Daejeon City

The “Daejeon Marshalling Yard,” located in the heart of downtown Daejeon, will undergo underground relocation of its railway lines and be restructured into an innovation space focused on future industries and startups in the area above.

On January 29, Daejeon City held a signing ceremony for a business agreement and a project launch briefing at the Daejeon Marshalling Yard Railway Customer Center, with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Korea National Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation, Korea Land and Housing Corporation, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, and Korea Transport Institute. The event aimed to ensure the smooth progress of the “Daejeon Marshalling Yard Railway Underground (Three-dimensional) Integrated Development Project.”

This agreement is significant in that it establishes a framework for policy, technology, and research cooperation to restructure the Daejeon Marshalling Yard site-located in the center of Daejeon-through railway undergrounding, and to create an innovation space above focused on future industries and startups. Going forward, the parties plan to operate a regular consultative body to share technical support and information among specialized institutions.

Photo by Daejeon City

Following the signing of the business agreement, a project launch briefing was held to initiate the feasibility study and the establishment of the basic plan for the project.

At the briefing, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Daejeon City, as the project’s key implementing bodies, each explained their approaches to undergrounding railway facilities and developing the space above, and shared future plans.

Daejeon City plans to relocate the marshalling yard functions and move the railway facilities underground to resolve the urban spatial divide. The secured upper space will be developed into a growth hub for big tech and deep tech companies, a youth startup space, and a new technology startup and growth platform, in connection with the Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon Industrial Complex, and Hannam University Campus Innovation Park, thereby establishing Daejeon as a leading base for future industries.

Yoo Deukwon, Deputy Mayor for Administrative Affairs of Daejeon City, stated, “This business agreement marks the starting point for not only undergrounding the railway but also designing the future of Daejeon’s industry and city together,” adding, “Based on cooperation among institutions, we will work to ensure that the Daejeon Marshalling Yard is reborn as a new growth hub where technology and people converge.”

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