SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A big drop in usage of public transit following the coronavirus outbreak is being met by ‘positive’ responses from local citizens, who typically have to contend with overcrowded buses and subway cars. “There are no people in Sadang Station,” said a local office worker. “I always used to wait [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of subway lines 1-8, introduced Sunday the types of criminal acts that often occur in subway stations, on platforms and trains and regulations concerning punishment for these offenses. If a subway passenger spreads false information, including declaring on the subway that one is the novel [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subway users in South Korea’s capital and nearby metropolitan areas fell 15.3 percent, data showed Thursday, apparently reflecting concerns over the new coronavirus. A total of 37.7 million people used subway lines No. 1 to 8 between Jan. 28-Feb. 2, compared with 44.5 million in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of subway lines 1-8, has developed a system that uses big data and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to anticipate signs of defects on subway trains. Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) uses IoT technology to analyze the operational data of trains and defect records collected by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangnam Station in southern Seoul was the busiest subway station in the country’s capital last year, data showed Tuesday. In 2019, 141,597 people used the Line No. 2 station each day on average, which also connects to the Sinbundang Line that terminates in Gyeonggi Province, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Buses and subways in Seoul will run on extended operating hours over the weekend to meet demand for late-hour travel during the Lunar New Year holiday, the city government said Friday. Subway lines No. 1 to 9, as well as the Ui-Sinseol Light Rail Transit, will run until 2 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top three telecommunication firms said Friday they have joined hands to offer 5G services on subways in major cities. The three — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — said they have recently completed setting up 5G infrastructure on the subway system in Gwangju, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Debate continues over reserved seats for pregnant women on subway trains, seven years after they were first introduced. While some say that a culture that looks after pregnant women has taken root, others argue that such culture is based on fear that people who are not pregnant would be [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro said Wednesday it is preparing to launch parcel delivery service in the capital area by utilizing its existing infrastructure, such as depots, old train cars and subway stations. Seoul Metro, a public corporation of the Seoul Metropolitan Government in charge of operating subway lines 1-8 and part [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A new mapping system is expected to help wheelchair and baby carriage users to access the subway. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT), along with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Korea Rail Network Authority, made public the map data of subway stations that [...]