Seoul City to Implement 'Special Traffic Measures' for President's Inauguration Ceremony on the 10th... National Assembly Station to be Passed Without Stopping

Yeouiseo-ro, Gukhoe-daero, Uisadang-ro fully closed from 01:00 to 13:00 on event day... 12-hour total control
Non-stop passage at National Assembly Station from 11:30 to 12:30... Line 5 increased by 6 runs between 09:00 and 10:00
18 bus routes on control sections detoured from 01:00 to 13:00 on event day

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 4th that it plans to support increased subway services, temporary bus detours, and special crackdowns on illegal parking to ensure citizens can safely use public transportation and minimize inconvenience on the day of the inauguration ceremony.

The inauguration ceremony of the 20th president will be held at the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, from 11:00 AM to 12:05 PM on the 10th. Due to event preparations and pre-ceremony activities, nearby roads will be fully closed from 1:00 AM to 1:00 PM on the day of the event.

Seoul plans to operate six additional trains on Line 5 between 9:00 and 10:00 AM, when a large number of visitors are expected. To ensure safety inside the station due to the crowd returning home by subway before and after the ceremony, the entrances of Gukhoeui-sadang Station will be closed, and visitors will be encouraged to disperse and use Yeouido Station and Yeouinaru Station nearby.

Line 5, which passes through Yeouido and Yeouinaru Stations, will shorten intervals from 6-7 minutes to 5 minutes with six additional trains. Emergency standby trains will be prepared?one each for Lines 5 and 9?to be deployed immediately in case of emergencies. On the day of the event, only exits 1 and 6 of Gukhoeui-sadang Station will be closed until 11:30 AM, after which all six exits will be fully closed for one hour. During the full closure, trains will pass through the station without stopping.

Additionally, to maintain order on subway platforms and concourses, the number of safety and guidance personnel at Gukhoeui-sadang Station and nearby Yeouido and Yeouinaru Stations will increase from the usual 16 to 76. Staff will circulate to conduct focused inspections of facilities such as platforms and screen doors to prevent safety accidents until the event concludes. Announcements regarding train operations and station congestion will be made regularly inside the subway and stations. Visitors will be guided to the event venue exits and free shuttle buses using staff assistance and signage upon exiting the subway.

Buses passing through the controlled sections of Gukhoe-daero, Yeoui-seo-ro, and Uisadang-ro will all be rerouted. To minimize inconvenience for citizens working or living in Yeouido during rush hour, temporary boarding and alighting will be allowed at all stops along the detour routes. The temporary detour involves 18 bus routes (see attachment). Routes operating between Seogang Bridge and Gukhoe-daero will detour via Yeoui-seo-ro, and routes between Uisadang-ro and Gukhoeui-sadang Station will detour via Yeouinaru-ro.

Since congestion may increase on detour roads during road closures, a special crackdown on illegal parking will be conducted on surrounding roads such as Yeoui-daero and Yeoui-dong-ro from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM to ensure smooth traffic flow. A joint team of 43 enforcement officers from Seoul City and Yeongdeungpo District will primarily issue warnings to illegally parked vehicles, but will immediately take enforcement action against non-compliant vehicles.

Kim Gyu-ryong, Director of Seoul’s Transportation Policy Division, said, "Please check the controlled areas and public transportation operation information in advance to avoid inconvenience in the Yeouido area due to the presidential inauguration ceremony," and added, "We ask visitors to the event to use public transportation."

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