Daejeon Metro

Overview

Locale

Daejeon, South Korea

Transit type

Rapid transit

Number of lines

Number of stations

Operation

Began operation

16 March 2006

Operator(s)

Daejeon Metropolitan Express Transit Corporation

Technical

System length

22.74 km (14.13 mi)

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

System map

Daejeon Metro
Hangul	대전 도시 철도
Hanja	大田都市鐵道
Revised Romanization	Daejeon dosicheoldo
McCune–Reischauer	Taejŏn tosich'ŏlto

Daejeon Metro (Hangul: 대전도시철도; Hanja: 大田都市鐵道; RR: Daejeon dosicheoldo) is the rapid transit system of Daejeon, South Korea, operated by the Daejeon Metropolitan Express Transit Corporation (DjeT, or Daejeon Metro). The subway network first opened in 2006 with 12 stations. Now, it consists of one line, 22 operating stations, and 22.6 kilometres (14.0 mi) of route.

The first section of Line 1 was opened on March 16, 2006, the second on April 17, 2007. The track leads from Banseok Station in Yuseong-gu to Panam Station in Dong-gu.

The construction of a Line 2 was planned to begin in 2008, but is delayed because Government funding has been diverted to other projects.^[1]

"Line 2" will have construction begin "Soon" according to statements from the Daejeon Metropolitan Government. The new "Line 2" will be a mix of ground level and elevated track. Experts hope to have test portions of the line operational by 2018, but estimates show the full line will probably not be finished until after 2021. ^[2]

There have been plans to build line 2 as a magnetic levitation train similar to the German M-Bahn or the Japanese HSST.^[1]^[3] The current technical design, however, is not open to the public.^[1]

History

16 March 2006 : Line 1 partially opened (Panam ↔ Government Complex)
17 April 2007 : Line 1 fully opened (Panam ↔ Banseok)

Lines

Line Name English	Line Name Hangul	Starting Station(s)	Ending Station(s)	Stations	Total Length in km

Line 1	1호선	Panam	Banseok	22	22.7

Line 1

Main article: Daejeon Metro Line 1

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daejeon Subway.

Official website (Korean)
Network Map

Rapid transit in South Korea

Seoul
Capital
Area

Urban

Seoul	● Line 1 ● Line 2 ● Line 3 ● Line 4 ● Line 5 ● Line 6 ● Line 7 ● Line 8 ● Line 9

Incheon	● Line 1 ● Line 2 ○ Line 3 (planned)

Metropolitan

Light Metro

● U Line
● Everline
○ Ui-Sinseol Line (u/c)
○ Gimpo Goldline (u/c)

Maglev and Monorail

● Incheon Airport Maglev
○ Wolmi Monorail (u/c)

Busan

Urban	● Line 1 ● Line 2 ● Line 3 ● Line 4 ● Line 5 (u/c)

Metropolitan	● Donghae Nambu Line (u/c)

Light Metro	● Busan–Gimhae LRT

Daegu

● Line 1
● Line 2
● Line 3

Daejeon

● Line 1
● Line 2 (planned)

Gwangju

● Line 1

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