SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul is preparing to reintroduce trams to its streets for the first time in nearly six decades, as construction on the Wirye Line, the city’s first modern tram project, approaches completion. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Wirye tram line is scheduled to open in September 2026, with [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A ceremony was held on Thursday to celebrate the start of the Wirye tram line construction. Once the construction is complete, trams will return to Seoul for the first time in 57 years. The Wirye Line, scheduled for completion in 2025, will run 5.8 kilometers from Seoul Metro’s Macheon [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first conceptual model of a hydrogen fuel-cell tram, spotlighted as one of the next-generation eco-friendly means of public transportation, has recently been unveiled. The model made its first appearance at Hyundai Rotem Co.’s plant in the southeastern city of Changwon on Tuesday, developed to test its primary [...]
DAEJEON, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A ‘tram craze’ is spreading across South Korea as the city of Daejeon is planning to introduce the country’s first commercial tram in 2025. The city said that it is receiving constant requests from other local authorities to benchmark the project, providing them with the know-how involving the construction [...]
SEONGNAM, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea constructs its first electric tram line in Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province. Expected to be completed by 2015, the trams that will run for one-point-five kilometers link Pangyo Station to Techno Valley, a district in the satellite city of Pangyo Regarding the tram line, Gyeonggi Governor Nam Kyung-pil [...]