Daegu Metro

Daegu Metro

File:DMSC Daegu Subway 1 Jungangno Station.jpg Jungangno Station
Overview
Owner	City of Daegu
Locale	Daegu, South Korea
Transit type	Rapid transit and Monorail
Number of lines	2 rapid transit 1 monorail
Number of stations	59 (rapid transit only) 89 (incl. monorail)
Operation
Began operation	26 November 1997
Operator(s)	Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation
Technical
System length	57.3 km (35.6 mi) (rapid transit only) 81.2 km (50.5 mi) (incl. monorail)
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Daegu Metro
Hangul	대구도시철도
Hanja	大邱都市鐵道
Revised Romanization	Daegu dosicheoldo
McCune–Reischauer	Taegu tosich'ŏlto

Daegu Metro (Hangul: 대구도시철도; hanja: 大邱都市鐵道; RR: Daegu dosicheoldo) serves primarily the South Korean city of Daegu.

Lines

Line Name English	Line Name Hangul	Starting Station(s)	Ending Station(s)	Stations	Total Length
Rapid transit:
1	1호선	Daegok	Ansim	30	25.9 km
2	2호선	Munyang	Yeungnam Univ.	29	31.4 km
Monorail:
3	3호선	KNU Medical Center	Yongji	30	23.9 km

Line 1

Main article: Daegu Metro Line 1

Line 1 was the site of the Daegu subway fire of 2003, when an arsonist set fire to a train in rush hour and killed nearly 200 people.

Line 2

Main article: Daegu Metro Line 2

Line 2 was completed in October 2005.

Line 3

Main article: Daegu Metro Line 3

Line 3, which is a monorail (unlike Lines 1 and 2), was completed and opened in April 2015.

Lines under construction

AGT line

The transport department has approved plans to build an Automated Guideway Transit line.

Fare

The fare is 1,200 won for a token to any stop on the subway and only 1,100 won with the use of a transportation card.

See also

• Transportation in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics
• List of metro systems
• List of monorail systems

External links

• Daegu Metropolitan Subway – official website (English)
• Daegu at UrbanRail.net (English)