SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro is offering the public a glimpse of the subway of tomorrow, unveiling an exhibition that blends artificial intelligence and accessibility-focused technology at Smart Life Week 2025, running through Oct. 2 at COEX. The showcase, designed under the theme “AI Station,” immerses visitors in a subway-like environment equipped with [...]
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, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of lost items reported in the Seoul subway system reached 152,540 in 2024, marking a 4% increase from the previous year, according to Seoul Metro’s latest report released on February 27. On average, 418 lost items were registered daily, meaning approximately one in every 61 subway passengers [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Jamsil Station on Seoul’s Line 2 emerged as the busiest subway station in the city last year, with an average of 156,177 passengers per day, according to 2024 transit data released by Seoul Metro on February 19. The station’s high foot traffic was attributed to its role as a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized subway workers called off their planned strike Friday after a last-minute deal was reached in wage negotiations with the management. Seoul Metro, the operator of subway Lines 1 to 8 in the capital area, reached an agreement with each of its three labor unions in the early hours [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized Seoul subway workers said Tuesday they will go on a full-scale strike on Dec. 6 in demand of increases in wages and new staff hiring. The walkout plan was announced in a news conference by the biggest of the three labor unions of Seoul Metro, the operator of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metro, the operator of Seoul’s subway lines 1 through 8, announced on July 1 that it will undertake a consulting project for Jakarta’s urban rail operations. The project, valued at $9.8 million (13 billion won), is set to run from 2025 to 2028. It is part of a public [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation, which operates subway lines 1 through 8 in Seoul, announced that it is installing bird spikes to prevent pigeons from perching and anti-collision facilities to protect wild birds. This move aims to block pigeon entry into stations while safeguarding avian wildlife. According to the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of subway lines 1-8, said Tuesday that it will replace all fabric chairs with reinforced plastic chairs by 2029 to keep the subways clean from bedbugs and other pollutants. Fabric currently accounts for 54 percent of all subway seats operated by the city-run corporation, followed [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s subway system is set to become more tourist-friendly with the expansion of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) interpretation system in 11 stations, facilitating real-time conversations between foreign visitors and station staff in their native languages. Seoul Metro announced on March 14 that the ‘Simultaneous Foreign Language Conversation System’ will be [...]