SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday introduced a tagless fare payment system at 12 subway stations on the Ui-Sinseol Light Rail Transit (excluding Bomun Station) in collaboration with transportation card issuer Tmoney Co. This marks the world’s first introduction of a tagless system in a subway network. The term [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway service in Seoul, said Thursday it has kicked off a “smart station” project aimed at overhauling the outdated monitoring system of subway line No. 5 into a unified and integrated system. The initiative seeks to enable the customer safety control center to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of elderly citizens seeking refuge from the stifling summer heat in subway stations or on subway trains due to financial difficulties is on the rise. According to Seoul Metro, the city-run operator of the subway system in Seoul, 14.68 million elderly citizens over 65 used subway lines [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 30,000 people benefit every day from a new policy in Seoul that waives extra fees for reboarding the subway within 10 minutes after exiting. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Metro, the total number of reboarding cases from July 1 to 16 reached 503,200, averaging 31,450 [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of Seoul subway passengers increases with the return to normal life after the pandemic, complaints about hot or cold subway cars have also surged. According to Seoul Metro, the city-run operator of the subway system in Seoul, there were 254,965 complaints about temperature conditions reported to [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting July 1, passengers reboarding Seoul subways within 10 minutes after a bathroom break or for other reasons will be exempt from extra charges, the Seoul city government said Thursday. The new measure is intended to alleviate the inconvenience of some passengers who have to go out of the [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway service in Seoul, said Tuesday it will develop a real-time monitoring system that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assess the congestion levels of subway stations. The project will involve employing AI to analyze the CCTV data organized by congestion levels. In [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway service in Seoul, announced that it will launch a three-month pilot project starting this month to use voice guidance announcements when senior cards are tagged at ticket gates. The initiative aims to prevent the unauthorized use of senior cards for free subway [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway service in Seoul, said Wednesday it will launch a mobile application this week that will help foreigners navigate the cobweb of the metropolitan city’s subway lines. The application for foreigners, named Seoul Subway, will enter into service on Thursday, providing information on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s subway lines are gaining popularity as a filming location for movies and TV dramas. Seoul Metro, the city-run operator of the subway system in the capital, said that the subway was used as a filming location 216 times last year, up from 66 times in 2020 and 86 [...]