Seoul Metro

Company type	Municipal-owned corporation
Industry	Rapid transit
Predecessors	Seoul Metro Corporation Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
Founded	31 May 2017[1]
Headquarters	346 Cheonho-daero, Seongdong District, Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Baek Ho[2](CEO)
Products	Subway
Owner	Seoul Metropolitan Government
Website	www.seoulmetro.co.kr

Seoul Transportation Corporation, branded as Seoul Metro (Hangul: 서울교통공사), is a municipal-owned corporation owned by Seoul Metropolitan Government, and one of the two major operators of Seoul Metropolitan Subway with Korail.

History

• May 31, 2017: Seoul Transportation Corporation is formed after a merger of Seoul Metro Corporation and Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation to more efficiently operate services on lines 1–9.

Management・Performance

In South Korea, seniors aged 65 and over can ride the subway for free. However, due to this country's system, Seoul Metro's deficit is getting worse.

A declining birthrate and aging population are expected to further worsen public finances, and there is even talk of raising the age limit for free passes.

Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway system in Seoul, suffered a net loss of around 1 trillion won annually since 2020, with an accumulated net loss posting a whopping 14 trillion won. A similar problem is occurring at the Korea Railroad Corporation.^[3]

Lines and sections

Seoul Metro's service covers part of lines 1, 3, 4 and all of lines 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9. Trains from Lines 1, 3 and 4 through operate with Korail services.^[4] Seoul Metro controls the railways and stations owned by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

Line Name	Starting Station(s)	Ending Station(s)	Stations	Total Length in km
(control)	Cheongnyangni	Seoul	10	7.8 km
(service)	Soyosan / Uijeongbu / Kwangwoon University / Yeongdeungpo	Incheon / Seodongtan / Gwangmyeong / Sinchang(Soonchunhyang Univ.)	97	200.6 km
	City Hall / Sindorim / Seongsu	Kkachisan / Sinseol-dong / City Hall	51	60.2 km
(control)	Jichuk	Ogeum	34	38.2 km
(service)	Daehwa	Ogeum	44	57.4 km
(control)	Danggogae	Namtaeryeong	26	31.7 km
(service)	Jinjeop / Danggogae	Sadang / Oido	51	72.1 km
	Banghwa	Hanam Geomdansan / Macheon	57	63.0 km
	Eungam	Sinnae	39	36.4 km
(control)	Jangam	Onsu	41	46.9 km
(service)	Jangam	Seongnam	53	60.1 km
	Amsa	Moran	17	17.7 km
(control)	Eonju	VHS Medical Center	12	12.8 km
(service)	Gaehwa / Gimpo International Airport	VHS Medical Center	38	40.6 km

Depots

• Gunja Depot - for Lines 1 & 2
• Sinjeong Depot - for Line 2
• Jichuk Depot - for Line 3 (heavy maintenance for Line 4)
• Suseo Depot - for Line 3
• Chang-dong Depot - for Line 4
• Godeok Depot - for Line 5 (heavy maintenance for Line 8)
• Banghwa Depot - for Line 5
• Sinnae Depot - for Line 6
• Dobong Depot - for Line 7 (heavy maintenance for Line 6)
• Cheonwang Depot - for Line 7
• Moran Depot - for Line 8
• Gimpo Depot - for Line 9

Subway etiquette with Bread Barbershop characters

In June 2020, the etiquette was uploaded on both YouTube channels, their own YouTube channel, and the Korean Bread Barbershop channel. The company said that they can meet Master Bread and his friends on June 10, 2020. The etiquette promotes that bringing food in a subway is prohibited.