Daegu Metro
| Basic data | |
| Country |
 South Korea
|
|---|---|
| city | Daegu |
| opening | 1997 |
| Lines | 3 |
| Route length | 83.87 km |
| Stations | 91 |
| use | |
| Shortest cycle | 5 minutes |
| Passengers | 133.8 million per year (2014) |
| vehicles | Underground: 64 trains (384 cars) |
| operator | DTRO |
| Power system | 1500 V = overhead line (subway) |
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 대구 지하철 |
| Hanja : | 大邱 地下 鐵 |
| Revised Romanization : | Daegu Jihacheol |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Taegu Chihach'ŏl |
The subway in Daegu opened in 1997 and now has three lines . Construction began in 1992.
Route
| colour | Line name | Line name ( Hangeul ) |
Starting station (s) | End station (s) | Number of stations | Total length (in km) |
operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daegu metro and metro | |||||||
| red | line 1 | 1 호선 | Seolhwa-Myeonggok | Ansim | 30th | 28.4 km | DTRO |
| green | Line 2 | 2 호선 | Munyang | Yeungnam University | 29 | 31.4 km | DTRO |
| yellow |
Line 3 ( monorail ) |
3 호선 | KNU Medical Center | Yongji | 30th | 23.95 km | DTRO |
Lines
Line 1 was opened in 1997/98 and is 25.9 kilometers long and has 29 stations, each of which has a platform length of 149 m. In May 2002 the route was extended by 0.7 km to the southwest. The stations and vehicles are equipped with air conditioning . On 18 February 2003 sparked the mentally ill in the station Jungangno a fire in which at least 198 people died.
(see: Fire in the Daegu subway )
The construction of line 2 began when line 1 started operating. The 28-kilometer route was completed in October 2005. A connection between the two lines exists at the Banwoldang station in the city center.
Both subway lines operate from 5:30 a.m. to midnight. 6-car trains are used, 34 trains on Line 1 and 30 trains on Line 2. The train sequence is between 5 minutes during rush hour and 7 minutes.
A third line was built as an Alwegbahn , had been in trial operation since October 2014 and started regular operation in April 2015.
Web links
Individual evidence
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