Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation (DTRO) is a

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which runs the

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

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Lines 1, 2 and 3 established in 1995. To 2008, it was called Daegu Metropolitan Subway Corporation.

History

* 20 November 1995 established Daegu Metropolitan Subway Corporation * 26 November 1997 opened Line 1 (

Jincheon Jincheon County (''Jincheon-gun'') is a county in Chungcheongbuk-do (North Chungcheong) Province, South Korea. Location Jincheon belongs to the middle of Chungcheongbuk-do. It borders several cities of its province but also meets Gyeonggi-do. The ...

– Jungangno) * 2 May 1998 opened Line 1 ( Jungangno– Ansim) fully * 10 May 2002 opened Line 1 ( Daegok–

) * 18 October 2005 opened Line 2 ( Munyang– Sawol) fully * 1 October 2008 renamed to Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation * 19 September 2012 opened Line 2 ( Sawol– Yeungnam Univ.) * 23 April 2015 opened Line 3 ( Chilgok Kyungpook Nat'l Univ. Medical Center– Yongji)

External links

* (in Korean) * (in English)
Urban Railroad Construction Headquarters – Daegu Metropolitan City Government
Daegu Metro Railway companies of South Korea Transport operators of South Korea Railway companies established in 1995 Transport in Daegu 1995 establishments in South Korea {{SouthKorea-metro-stub