Daejeon City Increases Fare for Daejeon~Sejong BRT 'B1 Line'

Daejeon City will raise the fare for the BRT B1 line, an express trunk bus running between Daejeon and Sejong.

On the 26th, Daejeon City announced that the basic fare for the B1 line will be increased from the current 1,700 won to 2,000 won.

The increased fare will be applied starting from the 29th of this month. Based on transportation card amounts (for general passengers), a fare of 2,000 won will be applied within each jurisdiction of Daejeon and Sejong, while the Daejeon~Sejong and Sejong~Daejeon sections will be adjusted to 2,300 won. The fare for the Daejeon~Osong section is 2,600 won.

However, fares for youth and children will remain the same as before.

The fare increase is intended to improve the deteriorating financial condition of the transportation company, caused by a decrease in transfer revenue following the city bus fare increase on January 1 of this year, and the fact that increases in labor and fuel costs since 2016 have not been reflected (fare freeze).

After the city bus fare was raised to 1,500 won on the 1st of last month, the transportation company's transfer revenue per person decreased from 450 won to 200 won. Reflecting this, Daejeon City estimates the annual revenue loss to be approximately 134 million won.

The B1 line opened in 2016 and currently operates connecting Daejeon Station with Sejong City and Osong Station. As of October last year, the average daily number of users was recorded at 11,877.

Choi Jong-moon, Director of the Transportation and Construction Bureau of Daejeon City, said, “The BRT fare increase is an unavoidable measure to operate the B1 line stably,” and added, “We will strive to provide high-quality public transportation services to citizens even after the fare increase.”

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