M4101 Bus Running Between Yongin and Sungnyemun to Increase Service Starting the 25th

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The M4101 bus operating from Sanghyeon Station in Suji-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, towards Seoul's Sungnyemun will increase its service frequency starting from the 25th.

Yongin City announced on the 22nd that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Metropolitan Area Wide-area Transportation Committee recently issued a semi-public license for the M4101 bus running back and forth between Sanghyeon Station in Suji-gu and Sungnyemun, and thus the service frequency will be increased from the 25th of this month.

Accordingly, the number of operating vehicles will increase from 16 to 21. The daily number of trips will also expand from 83 to 121. The interval between buses will be reduced from the existing 10-20 minutes to 7-15 minutes.

Among the 21 vehicles, 18 are new, equipped with an in-vehicle smart ventilation system and USB charging ports at every seat. Three are double-decker electric buses introduced last year with subsidies provided by the city.

The transportation company selected to operate the M4101 bus, which was previously run as a private service, is Gyeonggi Express Co., Ltd.

With the bus operation switching to a semi-public system, operating costs will be supported respectively by Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, and the Metropolitan Area Wide-area Transportation Committee. The route will be managed by Yongin City.

Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin explained, "Under the private system, although permission was granted to operate 21 vehicles, only 16 were operated due to profitability concerns, and the route and bus intervals were determined by the transportation company's arbitrary decisions based on profitability worries, which directly burdened the citizens. However, with the transition to the semi-public system, these side effects have been greatly alleviated."

The city has also applied for the semi-public system of the Metropolitan Area Wide-area Transportation Committee for the M4455 wide-area bus connecting Dongbaek area in Giheung-gu to Gyodae Station in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

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