The Ui LRT, referred to as the Ui-Sinseol LRT or Ui-Sinseol Line in Korean, is a

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which is part of

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. It is a fully underground

Light Rapid Transit A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit. MCS’s trains are usually 1-4 cars, or 1 lig ...

line from

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to Sinseol-dong in northern

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which opened on September 2, 2017. The line, which is expected to carry 110,000 passengers a day, has 13 stations. It connects to Line 4 at Sungshin Women's University, Line 6 at Bomun and Lines 1 & 2 at Sinseol-dong. The last (northernmost) station is in Ui-dong, hence the name of the line. In 2019, the line carried 27 million passengers or about 75,000 people per day. The line uses a dedicated fleet of 18 trains built by Rotem, a member of Hyundai Motor Group. Each train consists of single 2-section unit with a

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in the center, similar to many street running high floor light rail vehicles such as the light rail rolling stock of Los Angeles, although it is powered by a bottom contact third rail similar to the Docklands Light Railway rolling stock in London. However, they only run as singles instead of the 2- and 3-car trains used on the DLR.

Stations

All stations are located in

Notes

References

External links

Ui LRT's Official Website (Korean language)Future Rail Database (Korean language)
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