Busan Metro
The Metro bus is the metro network located in the southeast of South Korea Busan.
In the subway, there is a metro library. Books can be borrowed for reading while driving and then returned from their open shelves. Probably such a library is unique in the world.
- 2.1 Line 1
- 2.2 Line 2
- 2.3 Line 3
- 2.4 Line 4
History
Due to the high volume of traffic in the city is the average speed of individual relatively low (26 km / h). Therefore, a fast and reliable public transport system should be built. Furthermore, Busan is on the way to decentralize the city and on. This is done by including the construction of satellite cities and several town centers in Busan itself with completion of Line 3 was expected that the proportion of users of the subway would increase from 11.9 % to 22.9 %.
The plans for the construction of the first metro line began in 1979. Erste construction activities took place in January 1981 and eventually led to the 1985 operating recording.
Line 1
The first line was divided into four phases of construction. Completion took about four years for each section, so the section between Nopo -dong in the north to Beomnaegol was opened with a total length of 16.2 km in July 1985. In June 1994, the construction of Line 1 was finally completed with the commissioning of the last of 32 stops ( Sinpyeong in the south). The construction of this line cost a total of 957.1 billion Korean won.
Line 2
On 28 November 1991, the construction of the first section of the line started 2 It runs between stops Hopo and Seomyeon and is 22.4 km long. He was put into operation on 30 June 1999. As with the first line of the construction is done in several sections. The third and final should be completed by 2012. Overall, the line 2 will be a total of 50.4 kilometers long between Yangsan Bukjeong and Haeundae Jwa -dong and operate 46 stations. The cost of this part of the underground network is of 2943.5 billion Korean won.
Line 3
Line 3 has been planned since 1991. Her design was launched on 16 February 1996. On 25 November 1997 began first construction work.
Operation
The trains are about 5 clock in the morning to just after midnight in daily use. The clock rate varies between three to four minutes during peak hours and five to six minutes during the rest of the time.
Line 1
The length of the line 1 totals 32.5 kilometers with 32 stops. The route runs from the station Nopo in the north to the south to the station Sinpyeong. There is a depot for the vehicles at both termini. The trains consist of eight railcars and transported daily around 481,000 passengers, making a revenue of 264 million KRW per day is produced.
Line 2
Line 2 is 45.2 km long and stops at 42 stations. The route runs from the terminus Yangsan in the north to the south, makes after half a kink the line and then runs east to the terminus Jangsan. An interchange with Line 1 is at the stop Seomyeon. The trains each consisting of six cars and carry about 241,000 passengers a day, doing a turnover of 136 million KRW produced daily.
Since 1998, the third and last section about 11.3 km and seven additional stations will be built. It runs from the former north-western terminus Hopo further north to Bukjeong. So far, three of the stations have been put into operation, and a fourth to be taken in 2014.
Line 3
This line was put into operation on 28 November 2005. It has a length of 18.1 km, has 17 stops and runs from Daejeo in the west to the east Suyeong.
Line 4
Line 4 was put into operation on March 30, 2011. It has a length of 12.7 km and has 14 stops from Minam by Anpyeong in the Northeast.
Further expansion
On 9 September 2011 the rail link between Busan and Gimhae was put into operation. It has a length of 23.92 km and 21 stations. This was also a link to the airport from Gimhae to the metro network of Busan. At the metro stations Sasang line 2 and line 3 Daejeo there will be transitions to the light rail.