Daegu Metro Line 2 is the second
rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be ...
line in the
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
n city of
Daegu. It is operated by the
Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation
Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation (DTRO) is a public corporation which runs the Daegu
Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in Sout ...
.
The line first began running from Munyang to Sawol on 18 October 2005, a distance of . The line had been scheduled to open some years earlier, but fallout from the IMF crisis of the late 1990s caused delays in construction.
On 19 September 2012, the extension from Sawol to Yeongnam University opened.
Daegu Metro Line 2 will be expanded from
Munyang Station to
Seongju County
Seongju County (''Seongju-gun'') is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. This largely agricultural area is located immediately west of the metropolitan city of Daegu. The capital of the county is the town of Seongju.
Lotte Skyhill ...
as compensation of
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot down short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their termina ...
Deployment.
Stations
See also
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Daegu Metro Line 1
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Transport in South Korea
Transportation in South Korea is provided by extensive networks of railways, highways, bus routes, ferry services and air routes that traverse the country. South Korea is the third country in the world to operate a maglev train, which is an automa ...
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Daegu Metro Line 3
External links
Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation
{{South Korea rapid transit
Daegu subway lines
Railway lines opened in 2005