서울시, 2028년까지 도시철도 확장으로 인해 통행시간 7분 감소될 예정<br /><br />Seoul city has laid out a ten-year plan to improve subway access and connections.<br />The upgrades are also expected to help significantly reduce the average travel time.<br />Oh Soo-young sheds light on this welcome devevelopment for commuters in the capital. <br /> Seoul's subway lines will become faster and more accessible, cutting commute times by seven minutes on average.<br />The Seoul Metropolitan Government, which currently operates 10 of Seoul's subway lines, announced its ten year plan for the subway system on Wednesday<br />One of the top priorities,... is increasing subway access for unconnected areas on the outskirts of the city.<br />The city plans to build and operate six new rail lines, including those already under construction.<br />The longest of those will be the Gangbuk Hwaengdang Line,... which will run 25-point-seven kilometers,... from Mokdong in the west to Cheongnyangni in the North. <br />Subway lines currently in operation will also see renovations,... with new stops and extensions on lines five and nine.<br />For line four, which runs from the city's northeast to the southwest,... officials are aiming to run express trains to tackle rush-hour crowding. <br />The city expects seventy-five percent of areas in Seoul to be within a ten minute walk of a subway station ,... up from the current 63 percent.<br />Also,... with faster trains and extra connections,... city officials estimate that travel times will fall 15 percent for the average passenger,... down from the current 49 minutes.<br />The city government aims to complete the plan by 2028.<br />Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.
