Busan Transportation Corporation

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Busan Transportation Corporation
부산 교통 공사
Basic information
Company headquarters Busan
Web presence humetro.busan.kr
owner Busan City Council
Board Lee Jong-guk (Mayor)
Employee 3869
Lines
Subway 4th
bus 273
Other lines 6 city tour lines
number of vehicles
Omnibuses 3088
statistics
Catchment area 526 km²
Residents in the
catchment area 		3.5 million

The Busan Transportation Corporation , BTC for short, 부산 교통 공사 in Korean , are the local public transport company for the city of Busan . The company was founded on January 1, 1981 as Busan Metropolitan Subway Construction .

Today it operates four subway lines with a total length of 167.18 kilometers, as well as 273 bus routes in and around Busan.

history

The transport company was founded on January 1, 1981 as Busan Metropolitan Subway Construction by the Busan City Council to build and then operate the subway lines. In 1985, the first metro line in Busan went into operation with Metro Line 1. In 2005, a law was repealed by the city of Busan, according to which the Busan Metropolitan Subway Construction would be responsible exclusively for the operation of the subway lines. On January 1st, 2006 the Busan Transportation Corporation was founded, which from now on operates subway and bus routes as well as taxis in Busans.

Line network

Subway

Busan metro now.svg
colour Line name Line name
( Hangeul ) 		Starting station (s) End station (s) Number of stations Total length
(in km) 		operator
Busan subway
orange line 1 1 호선 Dadaepo beach Nopo 40 40.5 km BTC
green Line 2 2 호선 Jangsan Yangsan 43 45.2 km BTC
brown Line 3 3 호선 Suyeong Daejeo 17th 18.1 km BTC
blue Line 4
(K-AGT, Stadtbahn) 		4 호선 Minam Anpyeong 14th 12.0 km BTC

Due to the high volume of traffic in the city, the average speed of individual traffic is relatively low (26 km / h). Therefore, a fast and reliable local transport system should be built. Furthermore, Busan is on the way to further decentralize the city. Among other things, this is being done through the construction of satellite cities and several city centers in Busan itself. With the completion of Line 3, it was expected that the proportion of users of the subway would increase from 11.9% to 22.9%.

The planning for the construction of the first underground line began in 1979. The first construction activities took place in January 1981 and finally led to the start of operations in 1985. The network currently has 4 underground lines. The network is to get a fifth underground line in the coming years.

bus

The Busan Transportation Corporation operate a total of 132 Maeul (minibus) and 141 Shinae (city bus) lines. BTC owns around 3,088 buses for this purpose, including those purchased from Hyundai and Kia Motors . The special features of BTC include 6 City Tour -Buslinien (sightseeing lines), which they also operate.

Taxis

The BTC also operate their own fleet of city taxis in Busan, which can be used to get to places in Busan independently of the bus and subway.

tram

Pilot tram, is to be used on the new routes
colour Line name Line name
( Hangeul ) 		Starting station (s) End station (s) Number of stations Total length
(in km) 		operator
Busan tram
Line 1 (Oryuk-do) 1 호선, 오륙도 선 not yet known not yet known 8 (5) 5.15 km (1.9 km) BTC
Line 2 (Gangseo) 2 호선, 강서 선 Nammyeong Daejeo Station 24 21.3 km BTC

Together with the city administration, BTC plans to build a 1.9 km long tram line with 5 stops and a 21.3 km long tram line with 24 stops. Construction work is scheduled to begin in 2020.

The Oryuk line is slated to open in 2022 and the Gangseo line in 2030. The Oryuk line will later be expanded to 5.1 km in length and 8 stops.

Sports franchise

BTC has been running its own football franchise, Busan Transportation Corporation FC , since 2006 , which takes part in the semi-professional K3 League in South Korea.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of BTC (kor)
  2. ↑ Message about new tram line
  3. ↑ Notification of the planned tram line
  4. ↑ Article on the Busan Tram Lines