Seoul Metro's 'Subway Congestion Calculation Model' Wins Top 10 Railway Technology Award

Subway Congestion Estimation Service Through Big Data Fusion... Integration of Transportation Card and SK Telecom Communication Big Data

At the Korean Railway Society Awards Ceremony, Seonghee Lee, Manager at Seoul Metro, Hyemin Choi, Manager at SKT, and Hyunwoo Jang, Manager at SKT, are receiving the 'Top 10 Railway Technology Awards' and taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Seoul Metro announced on the 16th that the "Subway Congestion Calculation Model," jointly researched with SK Telecom, won the "2021 Top 10 Railway Technology Awards." This is the most prestigious railway technology award in Korea, selecting excellent technologies and products developed domestically in the railway sector over the year, hosted by the Korean Railway Society.

The "Subway Congestion Calculation Model" is a technology that can identify real-time congestion levels by determining how many passengers are on each subway car. Seoul Metro analyzes train operation information such as the total number of passengers identified through transportation card data and integrates it with SKT's mobile communication big data installed in each subway car to conduct congestion analysis by train, car, time slot, and route, analyzing the number of passengers per subway car.

Since July this year, Seoul Metro has been providing real-time estimated congestion levels per subway car based on big data through the official Seoul Metro mobile app "Ttota Subway" and TMAP Mobility's "TMAP Public Transport" app. The congestion levels per car are displayed with colors indicating ▲Spacious below 80% ▲Normal 80-130% ▲Caution 130-150% ▲Congested above 150%, allowing passengers to intuitively understand congestion and refer to it when using the subway.

Seoul Metro plans to further improve the accuracy of real-time subway congestion through in-depth research with SKT and expand the real-time congestion information service to all subway lines (Lines 1 to 8) operated by the corporation in the future.

Kim Sang-beom, CEO of Seoul Metro, said, "It seems that the idea of integrating communication and transportation card data was highly evaluated as it found a clue to solving transportation problems," adding, "With subway usage expected to increase due to With-Corona, we will continue to take the lead in realizing social value through cooperation with companies and institutions."

Kang Jong-ryeol, CSPO of SK Telecom, said, "We are pleased that the big data analysis capabilities of SKT and Seoul Metro's transportation data have come together to create a service that customers can feel in the COVID-19 era," adding, "SKT will continue to promote various ESG management activities."

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