Seoul's 'Climate Companion Card' Also Joined by Gwacheon City... Opening Gateway to Southern Gyeonggi

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and Gwacheon Mayor Shin Gye-yong Sign Business Agreement
Unlimited Expansion Between Seoul and Southern Gyeonggi... Line 4 Gwacheon Section
Seoul City Continues Consultations with Related Agencies to Expand Climate Companion Card

Gwacheon City will also participate in Seoul's unlimited transportation pass project, the 'Climate Companion Card.' Geographically, Gwacheon is located at a gateway between Seoul and the southern Gyeonggi municipalities, which is expected to help improve transportation convenience for residents traveling to Seoul.

On the morning of the 7th, Seoul announced that it signed the 'Seoul-Gwacheon Climate Companion Card Participation Business Agreement' at the video conference room on the 6th floor of Seoul City Hall. The agreement ceremony was attended by Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and Gwacheon Mayor Shin Gye-yong, where they discussed various ways to strengthen the transportation cooperation system between the two cities.

On the 26th, one day before the pilot operation of the 'Climate Companion Card,' the unlimited public transportation pass introduced nationwide for the first time by Seoul City, promotional flyers for the Climate Companion Card were posted at Gwanghwamun Station on Subway Line 5 in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

Gwacheon serves as a geographical bridge between Seoul and the southern Gyeonggi region. This agreement is significant as it can create a synergy effect for expanding the Climate Companion Card to the southern Gyeonggi area, along with the previous agreement with Gunpo City. Moreover, the Seoul-Gwacheon section is a heavily trafficked route for metropolitan citizens, with Gwacheon’s average daily public transportation users reaching about 20,000. More than half of these users commute between Seoul and Gwacheon.

Through this agreement, the two cities decided to include five subway stations on Line 4 in Gwacheon (Seonbawi, Gyeongma Park, Grand Park, Gwacheon, Government Complex Gwacheon) within the Climate Companion Card service area. They also plan to actively negotiate with Korail, the operator of these five stations.

Seoul plans to accelerate discussions with other Gyeonggi Province municipalities following Gunpo City's decision to participate in the Climate Companion Card project last month and the commencement of review for including the Gwacheon section of Line 4. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon stated, "With Gwacheon’s participation, discussions have begun to open the gateway to the southern Gyeonggi region for the Climate Companion Card. Using this opportunity as a stepping stone, we will actively cooperate with Gwacheon City and neighboring municipalities that wish to participate, striving to enable more metropolitan citizens to enjoy the unlimited benefits of the Climate Companion Card."

Meanwhile, the 'Climate Companion Card' has attracted high interest, surpassing approximately 330,000 sales since its launch. The expansion of services to metropolitan municipalities is accelerating, with agreements concluded sequentially with Incheon City, Gimpo City, Gunpo City, and Gwacheon City since the end of last year.

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