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The 'Climate Companion Card,' an unlimited public transportation pass managed by Seoul City, can now also be used in Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province. With Seongnam, a representative city in southeastern Gyeonggi, officially joining the project, unlimited public transportation services are now available in major industrial complexes and school commuting areas, including Bundang.

On the morning of the 27th, Seoul City announced that it signed a 'Climate Companion Card Project Participation Memorandum of Understanding' with Seongnam City at Seoul City Hall. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and Seongnam Mayor Shin Sang-jin discussed plans to strengthen the metropolitan transportation cooperation system between the two cities. Also attending were Seoul City’s Transportation Director Yoon Jong-jang, Transportation Bureau Chief Kim Hee-gap, Seongnam City’s Transportation and Road Bureau Chief Cheon Ji-yeol, and Policy Director Lee Gyu-bong, who exchanged opinions on practical matters.

So far, within one year of the Climate Companion Card’s launch, Seoul City has signed MOUs with eight regions. Following March’s agreement with Gimpo City, August’s with Namyangju City and Guri City, and the posting of disembarkation services at Incheon Airport Station in September, the usage area was expanded to Goyang City and Gwacheon City starting November 30. On the 11th of this month, an MOU was signed with Uijeongbu City.

After this MOU, once system development and related procedures are completed, 910,000 Seongnam citizens will be able to use the Climate Companion Card not only at all 24 stations on Seoul Subway Line 8, which is already applied, but also at 10 stations on the Suin-Bundang Line within Seongnam. Notably, the application of the Climate Companion Card on the Suin-Bundang Line, a metropolitan railway line connecting Seongnam?a large-scale first-generation new town?with Seoul’s Gangnam, Songpa, Seongdong, and Dongdaemun districts, is significant. With Seongnam joining the Climate Companion Card project, major cities in the metropolitan area’s northeast (Uijeongbu, Namyangju, Guri), northwest (Goyang), and southwest (Gimpo) are now connected.

With the inclusion of Seongnam and the Suin-Bundang Line, the total number of stations where the Climate Companion Card can be used is expected to reach 504. Of these, 397 are in Seoul, and 107 are in metropolitan areas outside Seoul. According to Seoul City, since the launch of the Climate Companion Card on January 27 this year, about 700,000 people have been using it steadily on a monthly basis. The K-Pass, launched on May 1, currently has about 700,000 subscribers and approximately 500,000 active users. This represents about 30% of the roughly 4.2 million people who regularly use Seoul-based public transportation, meaning roughly one in three people use either the Climate Companion Card or the K-Pass.

Current Subway Lines Between Seoul and Seongnam. Provided by Seoul City

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