BUSAN, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Transport Corporation has installed a touch-sensitive, see-through digital screen on a platform screen door at Seomyeon Station, Busan Metro Line 2, the first of its kind in Korea. The screen offers weather information, subway information, and news reports, said BTC. The installation is a part of BTC’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Rotem announced Monday that it had finalized a contract with Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels to supply subway cars for Cairo’s Metro Line 3, marking the biggest order for the company since its foray into the African market. As per the terms of the 433-billion-won ($380 million) deal, [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail), Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI), and Hyundai Rotem signed a Memorandum of Understanding Tuesday for further implementation of an automatic train operation (ATO) system for Korea’s inter-city trains. Implementing the system will require two major improvements: reforming the train control platform and the railway [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionized workers of South Korea’s railway and subway services went on their first joint strike in 22 years Tuesday, protesting against the government’s push to implement a performance-based pay system. The members of Seoul’s two major subway labor unions launched the walkout at 9 a.m., the unions said. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s railway and subway workers will go on strike against the government’s performance-based pay system later this week, marking the first joint strike between the two sectors in some two decades, labor unions said Monday. The walkout scheduled to begin Tuesday is part of a series of strikes [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul boasts one the most complex subway systems in the world, and its massive underground transportation network is also a vast source of underground water. According to a recent energy policy report from Seoul city’s auditing committee, a daily average of 68,000m3 of groundwater is discharged from 253 subway [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – There is no doubt. Priority seats on public transportation in Korea are designated for those that are in a greater need of comfort, and they can help breed a public culture of respect and civility. But what happens when a man sits in a priority seat for pregnant women? [...]
BUSAN, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The pilot operation of women-only subway cars during rush hours took off in Busan Wednesday. The pilot project, limited to Busan Metro Line 1, is aimed at providing safety, comfort, and convenience to female passengers. Between 7 and 9 a.m., and 6 and 8 p.m., the fifth car on [...]
BUSAN, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Transportation Corporation (BTC) announced Thursday that it would start a pilot project of women-only subway cars during rush hours, starting June 22. But the move has set off intense controversy over the efficacy of such policy only favorable to women, with some saying this could be reverse [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Corporation, South Korea’s mobile behemoth, revealed Thursday that it had released a new mobile transportation application called ‘KakaoMetro’. The new app is a complete overhaul of an existing Android app, Subway Navigation, which Kakao acquired back in 2015. Kakao also released an iOS version of the new app. [...]