Bus Operation Information for Changwon-Haman, Now Viewable at Once

Commencement of Service for the Construction of the Metropolitan Bus Information System

Diagram of the Gyeongnam Changwon-Haman Metropolitan Bus Information System (BIS).

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Se-ryeong Lee] Bus information for 9 routes running between Changwon City and Haman County in Gyeongnam will be linked between the two regions.

Changwon City has launched a project to establish the Changwon-Haman Metropolitan Bus Information System (BIS) to improve public transportation convenience between Changwon and Haman.

The BIS construction project, selected in 2022 through a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport public contest, will be completed by October with a budget of 180 million KRW.

Funded by 30% national government, 30% provincial government, and 40% city government contributions, the operation information of city buses and rural buses running between Changwon and Haman will be linked.

The linked routes include five Changwon bus lines: No. 250 and 253 running between Deokdong in Changwon and Byeoksan Blooming in Haman, and Nos. 11, 13, and 15 running via Buk-myeon and Chilwon; and four Haman bus lines: Nos. 252-1, 252-2, 113-1, and 114-1 running between Gunbuk and Chilwon in Haman and Changwon.

An official from the city stated that once the service is provided, the inconvenience of transferring and boarding metropolitan buses caused by the absence of Haman bus information on Changwon’s Bus Information Terminal (BIT) and vice versa will be resolved.

To enhance convenience for bus users, Changwon City has installed about 500 additional BITs over the past four years, reaching a total of approximately 1,310 units with an installation rate exceeding 60%, and plans to add 66 more units in the second half of this year.

Je Jong-nam, head of the New Transportation Promotion Division, said, “Although there were inconveniences in public transportation use between Changwon and Haman, which share the same living area, the introduction of a metropolitan transfer discount system, the establishment of the metropolitan BIS, and diversification of bus information usage will make the public transportation system more convenient and advanced.”

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