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Also known as Busan Subway

a generic term of railway lines in South Korea

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Within Vinony's link graph, Busan Metro is referenced by 416 other articles, and connects out to Sasang Station, mobile phone and Incheon Subway.

Vinony files it under Busan Metro, Train-related introductions in 1985 and Transport in Busan.

Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Native name
부산 도시철도, 釜山都市鐵道, Busan dosicheoldo
Owner
City of Busan
Locale
Busan , South Korea
Transit type
Rapid transit , Commuter rail
Number of stations
114 (metro only ), 158 (incl. BGL , Donghae Line )
Daily ridership
938,000 (2019, metro only )
Annual ridership
343,000,000 (2019, metro only )
Began operation
19 July 1985 ; 40 years ago ( 19 July 1985 )
Operator s
Busan Transportation Corporation , B&G Metro , Korail
System length
116.5 km (72.4 mi) (metro only ), 205.6 km (127.8 mi) (incl. BGL , Donghae Line )
Track gauge
1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
rapid transit
Located in
Busan
Image
Busan subway line 1 train at Dongnae station.jpg
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Commons category
Busan Metro
topic's main category
Category:Busan Metro
date of official opening
1985-07-15
Revised Romanization
Busan dosicheoldo
McCune–Reischauer romanization
Pusan tosich'ŏlto
native label
부산 지하철
patronage
361000000
inception
1985-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Geographically accurate map of Busan Metro The Busan Metro (Korean: 부산 도시철도) is the urban rail system operated by the Busan Transportation Corporation of Busan, South Korea. The metro network first opened in 1985 with seventeen stations, making Busan the second city in South Korea and third in the Korean Peninsula (after Seoul and Pyongyang) to have a metro system. The Metro itself consists of 4 numbered lines, covering 116.5 kilometres (72.4 mi) of route and serving 114 stations. Including the BGL and the Donghae Line, the network covers 205.6 kilometres (127.8 mi) of route and serving 158 stations.

All directional signs on the Busan Metro are written in both Korean and English, and the voice announcement in the trains indicating the upcoming station, possible line transfer and exiting side are all spoken in Korean, followed by English. Station transfer announcements are first in Korean, followed by in English, then in Mandarin, and finally in Japanese. Announcements at stations for arriving trains are in Korean, followed by English, then Japanese and Mandarin. All stations are numbered and the first numeral of the number is the same as the line number, e.g. station 123 is on line 1.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Busan Metro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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