Changwon City Opens Seongjusa Station City Bus Transfer Center ... "A Key Role in Public Transportation"

Redevelopment into a Transfer Center as a Public Transportation Hub

The opening ceremony was held at Seongjusa Station in Seongsan-gu at 2:30 PM on the 12th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Changwon City in Gyeongnam announced on the 12th that the site of the closed Seongjusa Station has been redeveloped into a transfer center, a public transportation hub.

The opening ceremony was attended by about 40 people, including Changwon Mayor Heo Seong-mu, representatives and union branch chiefs of nine city bus transportation companies, and residents of Seongju-dong. Seongjusa Station, where passenger service on the Jinhae Line was suspended in 2006, has been transformed into a transfer center under a lease agreement with the Korea Rail Network Authority.

Starting with site usage consultations in August 2019, Changwon City completed the site usage agreement, station remodeling, site maintenance work, and installation of electric bus charging facilities, finishing construction in December 2020.

Since then, after creating rest facilities and a restaurant for drivers, and conducting charging system inspections and tests, four city bus routes have been operating since the 1st of this month. The former Seongjusa Station will serve as a transfer center for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system and city buses when the BRT is established in 2023.

In the mid to long term, when trams operate on the Jinhae Line section between Changwon Station and Jinhae Station, it is expected to become a transportation hub where trams, BRT, and city buses transfer.

To improve accessibility for residents of Anmin-dong, Changwon City has secured a budget this year for installing a railroad crossing on the Jinhae Line and is actively consulting with the Korea Rail Network Authority and Korea Railroad Corporation. The pedestrian road within the transfer center has already been opened.

With the opening of this transfer center, not only will public transportation accessibility improve for residents of Seongju-dong and Anmin-dong, but the provision of rest facilities within the transfer center is also expected to further improve working conditions for transportation workers.

Mayor Heo Seong-mu said, "I am pleased that the convenience of public transportation for Seongju-dong residents has improved, and I will do my best to establish a convenient public transportation system that citizens can feel."

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