Sustainable Transportation in Korea
UN-HABITAT published some weeks ago the GRHS 2013 (Global Report on Human Settlements) with a focus on sustainable human transport. The report sometimes mentions Korea/Seoul and it contains an info-box...
10 New Lines in Seoul’s Metro Network
A look at Seoul’s metro-map is quite intimidating because it contains over a dozen subway lines (I counted 17, not including Everline) in a wide-reaching network. However, it doesn’t stop...
Safety Issues on Shinbundang Line
One of the youngest subway lines in Seoul’s metropolitan region has some problems, which could become a serious safety issue. Certain parts of the subway rail tracks on the Shinbundang...
Public Transport in Taipei
The last six days I was in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. Beforehand I heard a lot of good things about public transport in Taipei and so I was very...
Reading a Book Underground
If you ride the subway in Seoul, you’ll notice that it’s most of the times very quiet. It’s rather seldom that you hear somebody talk or noisy bigger groups of...
Gyeongui Line Extension to Gongdeok opens in December
Since the Gyeongui line opened in July 2009, residents of Ilsan and Paju have had better direct access to Seoul’s metro system. From December 15 an extension from DMC Station...
Bundang Line to become even longer in December
With the opening of the Bundang line’s northern extension it is easy to forget that just two months later the line will be getting even longer. The southern end of the line...
New Station to be added to Airport Railroad
Update – April 2014: OBS reports that Cheongna Station will open for service on June 21 2014. The original opening date was delayed due to work the signal system during the...
Line Extensions: Extension from Gangnam to Wangsimni October 6
The northern extension of the Bundang line will open on October 6. Construction on the extension began in October 2004 and since then downtown Gangnam has had to put up...
Line Extensions: Daegu’s Line 2 Extension Opens in September
Daegu’s Line 2 will be gaining three new stations on its eastern end, set to open on September 19. The three new stations on the line that will follow current terminus...