Abstract
The spatial structure of the South Korean territory has been changed significantly by the operation of the KTX. In particular, the effect of the KTX operation on the population congestion in individual regions has been drawing much attention. This empirical study set out to analyze the effect of the KTX station location and the mitigation of the population congestion in the Seoul Metropolitan Area by the KTX operation. To this end, the 2000-2016 population movement data were collected and submitted to a multiple regression analysis. The results showed that the net migrating population influx had risen by 3.70% after the beginning of the KTX operation. It was higher by 12.37% in cases in which a KTX station was located outside the Seoul Metropolitan Area rather than inside it, by 5.96% in cases in which a KTX station was located in a non-urban area about one hour or further away from the Seoul KTX Station rather than in an urban area. And it was higher by 2.91% in cases in which a KTX station was located in a city designated as an Innovative City rather than in a city that was not. Therefore, this paper suggest that the effect of the KTX station location and the operation of the KTX may mitigate the population congestion in the Seoul Metropolitan Area.
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