The Seoul Metropolitan Subway, in Seoul, South Korea, is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world, with well over 8 million trips daily on the system's fourteen lines (total figures for Seoul Metro, SMRT, Metro 9, Korail, AREX, and Incheon lines). The system totals 755 km (469 mi) over the fourteen lines, and spans across Seoul and out into the provinces of Gyeonggi-do, northern Chungcheongnam-do, and the city of Incheon. I...
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The Seoul Metropolitan Subway, in Seoul, South Korea, is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world, with well over 8 million trips daily on the system's fourteen lines (total figures for Seoul Metro, SMRT, Metro 9, Korail, AREX, and Incheon lines). The system totals 755 km (469 mi) over the fourteen lines, and spans across Seoul and out into the provinces of Gyeonggi-do, northern Chungcheongnam-do, and the city of Incheon. Inside the city limits, over 70% of the total metro track is underground, while a majority of track in Gyeonggi-do is aboveground.
All directional signs in the Seoul Subway are written in both Korean and English. Station signs and some maps also display traditional Chinese. The pre-recorded voice announcement in the trains indicating the upcoming station, possible line transfer and exiting side are all in Korean followed by English, and in some cases Japanese then Chinese.
The subway is operated by four different organizations:
The operators...
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