⚠ Due to heavy rain and flooding around the country, numerous rail services have been suspended. Check the Korail homepage (korail.com/ticket/main) for the latest info.
Here are the current service disruptions at the time of this post. Stay safe folks.
The current disruptions listed in the previous tweet are:
Gyeongbu Main Line (Not KTX): Seoul - Daejeon / Dongdaegu - Busan
Honam Main Line (Not KTX): Yongsan - Seodaejeon / Gwangjusongjeong - Mokpo
Gyeongjeon Line: Dongdaegu - Jinju
South Korea's GTX-A Line has officially launched earlier this year. While the launch marks a significant achievement, it has been tempered by several unmet expectations and disappointing ridership numbers.
kojects.com/2024/08/11/gtx-i…
The first section of the GTX-A from Dongtan (동탄) to Suseo (수서) opened this morning with some keen people getting up early to ride the first service at 5:30am.
It's the first of what will likely be many GTX openings.
Credit & big thanks to @hehhehhyohyo for the great pics!
The countdown is on! The first GTX-A section between Dongtan-Suseo opens on March 30, with full-scale test runs starting today for the next twenty days.
MOLIT has also signed an agreement with 6 local governments to progress the proposed GTX A-C extensions. Stay tuned for more!
A few days later than originally planned, the new seatless carriages will start appearing on Line 4 trains during rush hour from tomorrow.
Only carriages 3 and 4 will be seatless, with extra handles and supports installed for safety.
m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240…
MOLIT has posted a great new video about the GTX-A line and the first section set to launch in March this year from Dongtan (동탄) to Suseo (수서).
It has some great graphics of how it was built and new footage of the interior and exterior of the trains.
youtube.com/watch?v=u5lPCefs…
You may have seen that Seoul will be trialing seatless subway cars on lines 4 and 7 from Jan next year. Only two cars per train will be replaced with these, with plans to expand further if successful.
Surprised that there are no center poles which some other subway cars do have.
Seoul has released a new version of the Seoul Metro map and Line 2 is now a circle. What do you think of the change?
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