Seoul Metro
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| Government-owned corporation | |
| Industry | Rapid transit |
| Founded | June 8, 1970 (reestablished September 1, 1981)[1] |
| Headquarters | Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
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Key people
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Lee Jeong-won (President, 2014–)[2] |
| Products | Subway |
| 6,593,770,000,000 (KRWON)(2005) | |
| -81,718,477,562 (KRWON) (2005) | |
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Number of employees
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10,128(2006) |
| Website | http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/ |
| Seoul Metro | |
| Hangul | 서울 메트로 |
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| Hanja | 서울 메트로 |
| Revised Romanization | Seoul Meteuro |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏul Met‘ŭro |
Seoul Metro is a public corporation which runs the Seoul Subway Line 2 entirely, and particially lines 1, 3 and 4 together with Korail. It started to open the first subway line on 1970 but official foundation was 1981 with first subway line (Line 1). Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to merge the company with Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation in 2016 for more efficient operation. The current logo colour is current line 1~4 colours. It is either to merge into a new company or the Seoul Metro will be vanished to Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation to oprate all seoul subway lines. [3]
Contents
Lines
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1호선 | Seoul Station | Cheongnyangni | 7.8 km | |
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2호선 | Circular line through City Hall with 2 extensions. | 60.2 km | ||
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3호선 | Jichuk | Ogeum | 38.2 km | |
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4호선 | Dangogae | Namtaeryeong | 31.1 km | |
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9호선 | Sinnonhyeon | Sports Complex | 4.5 km | |
References
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- Korail (Also known as the Korea railroad corporation, Opreater of line 1, 3, 4 and most other trains)
- Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (Opreater of entire lines 5~8, SMRT for short)
- List of rapid transit systems
- List of urban rail systems by length
- Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations
- Transportation in South Korea
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- Seoul Metropolitan Subway
- Railway companies of South Korea
- Transport operators of South Korea
- Companies established in 1970
- Companies based in Seoul
