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Busan Subway
Hangul 부산 지하철 Hanja 釜山地下鐵 Revised Romanization busan jihacheol McCune-Reischauer pusan chihach'ǒl

The Busan Subway, operated by the Busan Transportation Corporation, is the subway system of Busan, South Korea. The subway network first opened in 1985 with seventeen stations. Since the opening of its last expansion in November 2005 it consists of 3 lines, 86 stations, and 89.9 km of tracks. Extensions on Line 2 and Line 3 are currently under construction and are expected to be completed by 2012. Once finished, the entire system will include 105 stations and 112.4 km of tracks.

The Busan Subway is considered user friendly for non-Koreans since all directional signs are written in both Korean and English, and the voice announcement in the trains indicating the upcoming station, possible line transfer and exiting side are all said in Korean, followed by English.

Contents 1 Ride Fares and Subway Pass 2 Line 1 (Orange Line) 3 Line 2 (Green Line) 3.1 Hours of Operation 3.2 List of Stations 4 Line 3 (Brown Line) 4.1 Phase 1 4.1.1 Hours of Operation 4.1.2 List of Stations 4.2 Phase 2 4.2.1 AGT branch (to open 2008) 5 Lost and Found 6 DMB Service 7 See also 8 External links 9 References

A single ride fare (as of August 2006) is 1100 won for a destination within less than 10 km and 1300 won for any other destinations. Tickets are sold at "Ticket Vending Machines". Usually one machine per set will accept 1000 won notes while the others only take coins. Tickets should be kept since they are required to leave the station once reaching destination, and getting caught "jumping the gate" will result in a hefty fine.

The use of subway pass, either an Hanaro Card (하나로카드) or a Digital Busan Card (디지털부산카드) will offer a fare discount of 10% to adults and 20% to youth of 13-18 of age. Both, the Hanaro and the Digital Busan, are available in either card format of cell phone trinket format. The passes are equipped with a microchip and are scanned by laying them against a sensor plate. This makes them more efficient than magnetic stripe cards since they can be detected through a wallet or purse. Hanaro Cards are for sale at all stations for 2000 won. All type of passes can be charged in any station at the "Automatic Charge Machine" (교통카드 자동 보충기); the instructions are available in both English and Korean. The passes can also be used for pay for bus fare and for purchases on specially equipped vending machines throughout the city.

Main article: Busan Subway Line 1

Line 1 (1호선) is the north-south route. It is, as of 2005, 32.5 km long with 34 stations. Line 1 uses 8-car trains, with 45 currently in total. There are no current plans to extend Line 1.

Plans for this line were made in 1979. Two years later, in 1981, construction began on the first phase, between Nopo-Dong and Beomnaegol, which was finished in July 1985. This stretch was 16.2 km long. Further extensions continued southward, with a 5.4 km extension from Beomnaegol to Jungang-dong opened in May 1987, a 4.5 km extension to Seodaeshin-dong in February 1990, and a 6.4 km extension to Shinpyeong in June 1994. The total construction cost was 975.1 billion won.

Line 2 (2호선) crosses Busan from east to west, running along the shores of Haeundae and Gwanganli, and then north toward Yangsan. As of 2005, the line is 39.1 km long with 39 stations. The line uses 28 vehicles, each one having six cars.

Although construction on the first section began in 1991, a 22.4 km route, with 21 stations between Hopo and Seomyeon; it was not opened until June 30, 1999. With Phase 2, the line was extended 8.7 km southeast from Seomyeon to Geumnyeonsan on August 8, 2001. It was extended 0.9 km north to Gwangan on January 16, 2002, and finally, on August 29, 2002, it was extended 8 km east to Jangsan.

Phase 3, started in 1998, is extending Line 2 north from Hopo to the Bukjeong area in Yangsan, adding another 11.3 km and 7 stations. The construction is expected to by finished by 2012.

The finished line's estimated cost is 2934.5 billion won. It will have a total of 46 stations and be 50.4 km long.

The hours of operation of Line 2 (as of 2005) start with the first trains leaving the stations of Jangsan, Gwangan and Jeonpo at 5:20, all bound for Hopo, and leaving the stations of Hopo and Jeonpo at 5:15, both bound for Jangsan. It ends with the last trains from Jangsan arriving in Jeonpo at 00:18 and Hopo at 00:45, and the last trains from Hopo arriving in Jeonpo at 00:21 and Jangsan at 00:38. A ride through the entire line takes about 1 hour 15 minutes.

Line 2 (2호선)
Station #	Station name	Hangul	Hanja	Transfer
201	Jangsan	장산	長山
202	Jung-dong	중동	中洞
203	Haeundae	해운대	海雲臺
204	Dongbaek	동백	冬栢
205	Busan Museum of Modern Art	시립미술관	市立美術館
206	Centum City	센텀시티
207	Millak	민락	民楽
208	Suyeong	수영	水營	Line 3
209	Gwangan	광안	広安
210	Geumnyeonsan	금련산	金蓮山
211	Namcheon	남천	南川
212	Kyungsung University · Pukyong National University	경성대·부경대	慶星大·釜慶大
213	Daeyeon	대연	大淵
214	Motgol	못골
215	Jigegol	지게골
216	Munhyeon	문현	門峴
217	Munjeon	문전	門田
218	Jeonpo	전포	田浦
219	Seomyeon	서면	西面	Line 1
220	Buam	부암	釜岩
221	Gaya	가야	伽倻
222	Dongeui University	동의대	東義大
223	Gaegeum	개금	開琴
224	Naengjeong	냉정	冷亭
225	Jurye	주례	周礼
226	Gamjeon	감전	甘田
227	Sasang	사상	沙上
228	Deokpo	덕포	德浦
229	Modeok	모덕	毛德
230	Mora	모라	毛羅
231	Gunam	구남	亀南
232	Gumyeong	구명	亀明
233	Deokcheon	덕천	德川	Line 3
234	Sujeong	수정	水亭
235	Hwamyeong	화명	華明
236	Yulli	율리	栗里
237	Dongwon	동원	東院
238	Geumgok	금곡	金谷
—— in Yangsan
239	Hopo	호포	湖浦
	Jeungsan	증산	(under construction)
	Pusan Nat'l Univ. Yangsan Campus	부산대양산캠퍼스	(under construction)
	Namyangsan	남양산	(under construction)
	Yangsan	양산	(under construction)
	Singi	신기	(under construction)
	Bukbu	북부	(under construction)
	Bukjeong	북정	(under construction)

Line 3 (3호선) construction's began in November 1997. Opening of the main line has been delayed many times, but the first phase of Line 3 finally started service on November 28, 2005 with an 18.3 km long line along 17 stations. Line 3 uses 4-car trains, making it the line with the shortest trains.

Following the "Daegu Subway Fire" in 2003, it was decided, during construction, to install screen doors to all station platforms on Line 3. While some screen doors can be found in Seoul's subway system this is the only line in Korea and one of the few in the world to have screen doors installed in every station. The cars on Line 3 are smaller than those on Line 2, which are also smaller than the ones on Line 1. Also the trains on this line are not equipped with any doors between the 4 cars, giving the impression the whole train is just one entire car.

Line 3 laid the framework of subway transportation system by doing a connection between Suyeong and Yeonsan-dong (reducing a 30 minutes ride when using Line 1 and 2 to a 9 minutes ride on Line 3) , and between Yeonsan-dong and Deokcheon (Mandeok Tunnel) (about 36 minutes when using Line 1 and 2 down to a 17 minutes ride on Line 3).

The second phase, the AGT branch, is scheduled to open in 2008. Once finished, the line will be 31.0 km long, with 31 stations and one Automated Guideway Transit branch line. The second phase will be from Minam to Anpyeong (from construction site no. 321 to 327), it will include 14 stations and 12.7km of tracks. The entire line's estimated construction cost is 2150.5 billion won, the first phase costing 1688.6 billion won, and the second phase costing 461.9 billion won.

The hours of operation of Line 3 start at 5:10 with the first trains leaving the terminal stations of Suyeong and Daejeo, and end with the last trains arriving in Suyeong at 00:22 and Daejeo at 00:41. A ride through the entire line takes about 34 minutes.

Line 3 (3호선)
Station #	Station name	Hangul	Hanja	Transfer
301	Suyeong	수영	水營	Line 2
302	Mangmi	망미	望美
303	Baesan	배산	盃山
304	Mulmangol	물만골
305	Yeonsan-dong	연산동	蓮山洞	Line 1
306	Geoje-dong	거제	巨堤
307	Sports Complex	종합운동장	棕合運動場
308	Sajik	사직	社稷
309	Minam	미남	美南	AGT branch (opening 2008)
310	Mandeok	만덕	萬德
311	Namsanjeong	남산정	南山亭
312	Sukdeung	숙등	淑嶝
313	Deokcheon	덕천	德川	Line 2
314	Gupo	구포
315	Gangseo-gu Office	강서구청	江西區廳
316	Sports Park	체육공원	體育公園
317	Daejeo	대저	大猪

Line 3 AGT branch (3호선)
Station #	Station name	Hangul	Hanja	Transfer
	Minam	미남	美南	Line 3
	Dongnae	동래	東萊	Line 1
	Suan	수안
	Nakmin	낙민
	Allak	안락
	Myeongjang	명장	鳴藏
	Seodong	서동	書洞
	Geumsa	금사
	Busan Agricultural Market	농산물시장	農産物市場
	Seokdae	석대
	Habansong	하반송
	Sangbansong	상반송
	Gochon	고촌
	Anpyeong	안평	安平

The Lost and Found office is located on the Line 1 platform in Seomyeon Station. It is open during daytime on weekdays and in morning on Saturdays. Unclaimed items are kept for 7 days before being handed to the police.

On May 25 2006, TU Media started to serve the entire subway network with S-DMB service. The current S-DMB transmission allow subscriber to receive television and radio reception on hand-held device such as cell-phone. With an investment of 11 billion won TU Media installed 530 signal emitters to provide a seamlessly reception in the entire underground system. [1]

• List of rapid transit systems

• Busan Transportation Corporation homepage (English)
• Busan Transportation Corporation homepage (Korean)
• UrbanRail: Busan subway map
• Busan Subway from the Galbijim Wiki
• Subway transferring information for South Korea (English, Japanese, Korean)

• 부산교통공사 지하철 건설계획, Busan Transportation Corporation: Subway Construction Project (in Korean)