The
Seoul City
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in
South Korea
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plans to build up to ten new
light metro
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, or light rapid transit (LRT). They would be connected to the
Seoul Metropolitan Subway
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giving access to several hundred subway stations. As opposed to traditional subway lines, LRT lines have a lower capacity.
Ui Line
In September 2017, Seoul City opened a ''light subway'' line (
Ui LRT
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) from Ui-dong to Sinseol-dong in northeastern Seoul. The line was expected to carry 110,000 passengers a day and will have 13 stations. It connects to
Line 4 at
Sungshin Women's University
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,
Line 6 at
Bomun and
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&
2 at
Sinseol Dong.
Sillim Line
Sillim LRT (신림선 경전철) is an 11 station 7.8 km line from
Saetgang Station to Gwanaksan Station. Customers can transfer to Seoul Subway Lines 1, 2, 7, and 9. Construction began in 2017 and it opened on 28 May 2022.
Dongbuk Line
Dongbuk LRT is an under construction 16 station 13.4 km long line.
The line starts from
Wangsimni station
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and heads northeast to
Sanggye station
Sanggye Station is a station on Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway network in Nowon-gu, Seoul
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. Construction started in 2019 and completion is scheduled for 2025.
Under planning
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Gangbukhoengdan Line
The Gangbukhoengdan line () is a future subway line scheduled to open in 2028, in Seoul, South Korea
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Myeonmok Line
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Mok-dong Line
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