I meant to write a detailed post praising Seoul's subway system this summer, but I was usually too busy riding it to compile a coherent list of observations and photographs. One month later, I've been motivated by
Seoul Sub→urban (see
previous post) to post a few pictures here.
First, a few notes:
- With a daily ridership of over 8 million, Seoul Metro is the third busiest subway system in the world.
- 13 lines that crisscross the city and connect it to surrounding Gyeonggi Province and the Incheon subway system.
- Stations are clean, organized, and, in some cases, genuinely aesthetically pleasing.
- Signs and announcements are clear and, in addition to Korean, also in English, Chinese and Japanese.
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| Information center/ticket vending area |
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| Waiting area |
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| Screens showing location of incoming trains |
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| Bicycle parking |
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| Complimentary computer access |
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| Boarding area |
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| Metro car |
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| "Lilacs" |
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| Another poem |
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| Tourism brochures |
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| Digital stations (phone, maps, weather information, etc.) |
