Seoul Metropolitan Subway
The Seoul Metropolitan Subway is one of the most heavily used subway systems in the world, with over 4 million trips per day on the system's nine lines. The system serves Seoul and surrounding Gyeonggi Province, with a connection to the Incheon subway system.
Operators
Subways are operated by three different organisations:
- Korean National Railroad (KNR) (Bundang Line, most of Line 1, and parts of Lines 3 and 4);
- Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation (SMSC) (Line 2, part of Line 1, and most of Lines 3 and 4); and
- Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRTC) (Lines 5, 6, 7, and 8).
History
The KNR and the forerunner of the SMSC began operating Line 1 in 1974. Lines 2, 3, and 4 followed in the late 1970s and 1980s. The SMRTC was formed in 1994 to take over operation of Lines 5 through 8.
Lines
The subway lines and their operators are as follows:
- Line 1 (KNR except Seoul Station-Cheongnyangni, which is operated by SMSC)
- Line 2 (SMSC)
- Line 3 (SMSC except Jichuk-Taehwa, which is operated by KNR)
- Line 4 (SMSC except Namtaeryeong-Oido, which is operated by KNR)
- Line 5 (SMRTC)
- Line 6 (SMRTC)
- Line 7 (SMRTC)
- Line 8 (SMRTC)
- Bundang Line (KNR)
See also
