Daejeon City, Tram Vehicle Design 'Color Preference Survey'

Three shortlisted tram designs and colors for preference survey. Provided by Daejeon City.

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City is conducting a citizen preference survey on three color schemes applied to the exterior of the tram vehicles selected last year.

The city announced on the 16th that it will conduct the tram color preference survey online and offline from the 15th to the 21st.

The survey targets are three proposals selected after preliminary review by 10 design experts from the Daejeon Design Promotion Agency and the Urban Railway Technology Advisory Committee.

Online participation is available through the city’s official website. On-site surveys will be conducted from the 17th to the 20th of this month at nine citizen-dense locations including Daejeon Station, Urban Railway Line 1 (City Hall Station, Government Complex Station, Yuseong Spa Station), the Complex Terminal, Jungang-ro Underground Shopping Center, Jungri Happiness Street, Shinsegae Department Store, and Daejeon City Hall (1st floor).

The city plans to finalize the design and color by the end of next month after reflecting the survey results and expert advisory opinions and undergoing the city’s public design review.

Cho Cheol-hwi, head of the Daejeon Tram Metropolitan Headquarters, said, “We will select the tram vehicle design through the citizen preference survey and strive to build an eco-friendly, advanced public transportation system centered on citizens.”

Meanwhile, the tram will be constructed as an extension of Daejeon Urban Railway Line 2, spanning 37.8 km with 37 stations and one vehicle depot.

The total project cost for the tram construction is expected to be 764.3 billion KRW. The city is currently advancing the basic and detailed design phases, aiming for opening in 2027.

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