Automated Railway Enables Pusan to Become 1st City to Adopt New Transit System
Automated Railway Enables Pusan to Become 1st City to Adopt New Transit System
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A test run is underway for a lightweight rail car in Kyongsan, North Kyongsang Province. The Ministry of Construction and Transportation has developed the Korean automated transit system in cooperation with 30 private and public organizations. Korea has become the fourth nation in the world to have such a system. Courtesy of Ministry of Construction and Transportation South Korea has developed an automated guided way transit (AGT) system with lightweight rolling stocks. It has thus become the fourth nation in the world to have this type of transit system, as a safe hour-and-a-half public trial run had proved successful with some 80 people on board. France, Japan and Canada have already developed 100-percent automated railway systems and are operating them. Some 150 researchers and 30 organizations have worked together to develop the new system since 1999, an investment of 50.3 billion won, through including 13.3 billion won from nongovernmental sources. According to the Ministry of Construction and Transportation and the Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI), the lightweight train cars, which have wheel tires, have a maximum speed of 70 kilometers per hour. One of the system's cars weighs 12 tons, equivalent to one-third the weight of the subway train cars being operated in the Seoul subway. "The new system is cost-effective in terms of the maintenance and installation of the new lines," a KRRI official said. "Construction of the new system costs some 40 to 50 percent of the price of developing new lines on regular subways." The nation is expected to save around 626.3 billion won in imports for the next 10 years with the new subway system. The government, in addition, is forecast to slash 234 billion won in its budget. The system is expected to generate economic effects of 3.31 trillion won and create 33,000 new jobs over the next decade, the official said. "As the new system is 100-percent automated and no drivers are needed, operation costs will be much lower than the existing subway system," he said. The Korean automated guided way transit system has been under test runs over 10,000 kilometers for 10 months since last August at a test line in Kyongsan, North Kyongsang Province. Through the test runs, the system was verified for safety from international safety authorities, the ministry said. However, the government plans to continue inspection runs for some 100 kilometers per day through to the end of this year. Although the plan has not yet been finalized, Busan is expected to become the first city that implements the new system as its third line, according to the official.

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