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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers of a Seoul subway began a three-day strike on Monday, demanding an increase in the number of workers and better working conditions. The labor union of Seoul Metro Line 9 Corp., which operates the second and third sections of Seoul Subway Line 9, launched the strike at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul plans to introduce a foreigner-only transportation card with unlimited access to the subway by the end of this year. The Discover Seoul Pass, to be released by Seoul Metro Corp., will allow foreign tourists to access all subway lines (except Korail sections) as well as designated cultural facilities [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) plans to use big data to minimize subway fare evasion. The city will create a model that learns the patterns of subway fare evaders who abuse special transportation cards normally issued for those older than 65 years of age. In Seoul, subway is completely [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Subway workers in the southern city of Busan ended their two-day strike Thursday after the labor union and management reached a wage deal. Busan Transportation Corp., the city-run operator of the subway system, agreed with the union to raise wages 0.9 percent and hire 540 new workers. The members [...]