Seoul Expands Express Transit to Relieve Commuter Rush
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Seoul expands express transit to relieve commuter rush
Seoul Metro Line 9 will run more express trains during the morning rush and pilot four express bus routes connecting outlying districts with the city center starting Nov. 16, city officials said Wednesday. Line 9, which cuts through key commercial and financial districts, remains one of Seoul’s most notoriously overcrowded transit corridors. During peak morning hours, its express trains routinely carry up to 192.5 percent of their rated passenge…
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will increase the operation of express trains on Subway Line 9 and introduce a pilot Trunk Express Bus service. On the 14th, the city announced the "Seoul Metropolitan Government Express Public Transportation Operation Plan," which includes these details. The train operation reorganization and the pilot operation of express buses are scheduled to begin on the 16th of next month. For Line 9, from 5:40 AM to 7:00 …
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-gyu = Train operations on Seoul Subway Line 9 during rush hour, where complaints for increased trains are ongoing due to high congestion, have been increased by 8, raising the congestion level to 20...
Seoul City expands express subway and bus services on the way to work. Starting on the 16th of the following month, the service of Line 9, which is notorious as the “Hell Train” during work hours, will be increased, and 4 “Central Express Bus” routes that go directly to the city center will be piloted. The city announced a “public transportation express operation plan” with this content on the 14th. “We thought about ways to reduce congestion be…
[Digital Daily Reporter Jung Hye-seung] Commuting times on Seoul Subway Line 9, known as the "Hell Train," are set to ease. The Seoul Metropolitan Government has decided to increase the number of morning trains by eight to reduce congestion by more than 20 percentage points. Express buses that stop only at major stops between the outskirts of Seoul and the city center will also be introduced on a trial basis. According to Yonhap News on the 14t…
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