SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro is appealing for commuter cooperation as it struggles to manage a flood of complaints over subway heating and cooling, with the vast majority concerning uncomfortably hot trains. From May to July this year, the operator received more than 340,000 temperature-related grievances — an average of 3,520 per [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Rotem Co., the rolling stock unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said Friday it has delivered the first batch of trams to the city of Edmonton in Canada under a 2021 supply deal. The initial batch is part of a 218.8 billion-won (US$157.3 million) contract signed in [...]
BRISBANE, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – On a brisk Monday morning at Brisbane’s Riverside terminal, a sleek CityCat ferry glides into the dock. As the vessel secures to the pier, office workers in suits disembark with the efficiency of a well-rehearsed routine. The scene reflects a transportation model that has become both a practical commuter service [...]
SEOUL, August 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s demand-responsive transport (DRT) system has made its European debut in Hungary, marking a milestone in the country’s push to export advanced mobility solutions. The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced Sunday that a pilot project for the Korean-style DRT system officially launched on July 31 in Gödöllő, [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Rotem Co., the train manufacturing subsidiary of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has submitted a bid for a new tram project in Warsaw, Poland, marking its latest push into the European urban rail market, industry sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, Hyundai Rotem participated in a tender [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — In a move aimed at easing daily financial burdens on low-credit individuals, South Korea’s financial authorities are considering allowing postpaid transit card functions for people undergoing debt workout programs. The initiative is part of President Lee Jae-myung’s broader policy agenda to support financially distressed small business owners and delinquent [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul is preparing to reintroduce trams to its streets for the first time in nearly six decades, as construction on the Wirye Line, the city’s first modern tram project, approaches completion. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Wirye tram line is scheduled to open in September 2026, with [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s subway system has faced a deluge of temperature-related complaints in recent months, with over 283,000 grievances filed from January through May, according to Seoul Metro. The figure accounts for 75.5% of all customer service issues reported during the five-month period. As temperatures rose in May, so did commuter frustration, [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — After completing a successful safety trial, Seoul will expand its late-night autonomous taxi service to cover all of the Gangnam district starting June 16, city officials announced Sunday. The program, launched in September 2024 as South Korea’s first public self-driving taxi pilot, currently operates between select neighborhoods such as Yeoksam, [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s high-speed rail operator SR announced Monday that its next-generation EMU-320 trains, slated for deployment in 2027, will feature the world’s first onboard automatic fire suppression system specifically designed for lithium polymer battery fires. The system, developed in collaboration with Hyundai Rotem and fire safety firm HTC, is engineered [...]