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Seoul

South Korea (Asia)


Date of opening15 Aug 1974
Network length286.9 km (178.31 mi)
Stations348 (298*)
Lines10
Stations per line34.80
Avg. station distance*0.96 km (0.60 mi)
Avg. line length28.69 km (17.83 mi)
*with transfer stations counted once
Numerical data by J. Serradell, 14 Sep 2008
Length unknown.10 lines with Bundang and New Korail Line
     
System known asSubway
Daily ridership (by J. Kennes)5.61 million (2009)
Daily ridership per km (per mi)19,600 (12,200)
Fare (10 km/10 stops; by UBS)0.54 EUR (2009); smartcard
24-hour operationNo
Track orientationRight
Air-conditioned trainsYes
Walk-through trainsYes
Rubber-tyred trainsNo
Driverless linesNo
Platform screen doorsLines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010
From World Metro Database




Metro Museum

(Planned subway museum). One of the newly built subway stations on Line No.9 will have a subway museum. The museum will show 30 years of subway history by exhibiting old railroad vehicles, train models and related books. (News from 2006.) Since 2010 (?).
Reference: korea.net/news.





Other Rail Transport in Seoul

Korail
Line 9




Metro Fonts

Typefaces designed exclusively for this metro:

Font NameDesignerYearSampleAvailabilityReference
Korail/ unknown designerca. 2003asiafont.comtypophile.com




Circle Lines

Shared circle - Line 2 - 48.8 km - 43 stations - round trip 84 minutes - opened 1978 - completed 1984.
Terminal loop - Line 6 - 6 stations - unidirectional.




Departure Procedure and Sounds

Some trains have buzzing noises (completely different than Paris) that sound like "le-le-le-le-le-le-le-le-le-le" until the doors close. Some just have a conductor standing outside and the conductor closes the doors when nobody in in the way. Next-station announcements in Korean and English.





Handpicked Resources

seoulmetro.co.kr Official website Seoul Metro (lines 1-4)
metro9.co.kr Official website Metro9
smrt.co.kr Official website SMRT (lines 5-8)




Generated Links

Seoul Subway maps (Google Images)
Seoul Subway at Wikipedia
Seoul Subway at Urbanrail.net
Seoul Subway photos (Google Images)
Seoul city information (Wikipedia)


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