Will Commuting Pain Between Namyangju, Hwaseong, Yongin and Seoul Ease?... Bus Interval Shortened by 10 Minutes

Five Cities Including Suwon and Seongnam to Switch Six Metropolitan Bus Routes to Semi-Public Operation System

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that six semi-public metropolitan express bus (M-bus) routes operating from Namyangju, Hwaseong, Suwon, Yongin, and Seongnam cities in Gyeonggi Province to Seoul will begin service on the 25th. These routes have been areas where passenger inconvenience such as boarding failures due to full capacity, long waits at intermediate stops, and moving to earlier stops have become common, and it is expected that the conditions for using public transportation during Seoul commuting hours will improve.

The six metropolitan express bus routes starting operation this time have been converted from privately operated routes to semi-public routes managed by the government.

Through the expansion of regular route operations and the additional deployment of demand-responsive charter buses, the number of trips will increase by up to 51.3% compared to before (7 to 41 additional trips per route), and the interval between buses will decrease by 56% (from an average of 23 minutes to an average of 13 minutes).

First, the Namyangju M2316 route is a metropolitan express bus route running from Yeongnam Apartment to Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center, operating 72 times a day on weekdays from 05:00 to 23:05 (Seoul time 05:55 to 24:00) at intervals of 10 to 20 minutes. The main route is Yeongnam Apartment → Namyangju Tax Office → Maseok Furniture Industrial Complex → Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center.

The Hwaseong M4130 route is a metropolitan express bus route running from Hosu Xi Family to Seoul Station, operating 64 times a day on weekdays from 05:00 to 23:00 (Seoul time 06:10 to 24:10) at intervals of 10 to 20 minutes. The main route is Hosu Xi → I-One → Hosu Booyoung 3rd Complex → Seoul Baek Hospital → Seoul City Hall → Seoul Station.

The Hwaseong M4137 route is a metropolitan express bus route running from I-Park to Seoul Station, operating 64 times a day on weekdays from 05:00 to 23:00 (Seoul time 06:10 to 24:10) at intervals of 10 to 25 minutes. The main route is I-Park → Hosu Booyoung 1st Complex → Dongtan Technovalley → Seoul Baek Hospital → Seoul City Hall → Seoul Station.

The Suwon M5107 route is a metropolitan express bus route running from Kyung Hee University to Seoul Station, operating 142 times a day on weekdays from 05:00 to 23:00 (Seoul time 06:00 to 24:00) at intervals of 5 to 10 minutes. The main route is Kyung Hee University → Salgugol → Yeongtong Station → Cheongmyeong Station → Seoul Baek Hospital → Seoul City Hall → Seoul Station.

The Yongin M4101 route is a metropolitan express bus route running from Sanghyeon Station to Sungnyemun, operating 121 times a day on weekdays from 05:10 to 22:50 (Seoul time 06:00 to 23:40) at intervals of 7 to 15 minutes. The main route is Sanghyeon Station → Heating Corporation → Pungdeokcheon 2-dong Community Center → Namdaemun Tax Office → Euljiro 1-ga Station → Sungnyemun.

The Seongnam M4102 route is a metropolitan express bus route running from Ori Station to Sungnyemun, operating 78 times a day on weekdays from 04:40 to 23:00 (Seoul time 05:20 to 23:40) at intervals of 10 to 15 minutes. The main route is Ori Station → Migeum Station → Jeongja Station → Imae Village Hanshin → Namdaemun Tax Office → Euljiro 1-ga Station → Sungnyemun.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission plans to continuously monitor usage regularly after implementing the semi-public system and will continue to promote additional buses and increased trips as needed.

Yoon Junsang, head of the Metropolitan Bus Division at the Commission, said, "We plan to provide efficient and stable metropolitan transportation services to the public by continuously discovering routes, focusing on areas with insufficient metropolitan transportation services and areas with concentrated demand."

Meanwhile, the Commission currently operates 22 routes under the semi-public system, including the six metropolitan bus routes starting service this time. Including five routes in Hwaseong, Suwon, Paju, and Namyangju areas that will start operation by the end of August this year, the plan is to sequentially expand the semi-public routes to 101 by the end of this year.

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