PPP Consortium Builds Seoul's First Automated Metro Line

This article describes construction progress on the Sin Bundang line in the suburbs of Seoul, South Korea, which is due to open in 2010. The 18.5-kilometer line will connect Bundang in Gyeonggi province, a planned city for 450,000 with an emphasis on sustainability. The article describes the public-private partnership that has undertaken the project. The signaling and automation equipment, which allows for a fully-automatic driverless operating system, is also described. The article includes a map of the subway system around Seoul and out to Bundang.

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• Publication Date: 2008-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 231-232
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 164
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train control; Automatic train operation; Public private partnerships; Rail transit
• Geographic Terms: Seoul (Korea)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01103892
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 2008 8:30AM