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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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 Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:33 am Post subject: Seoul subway line #1 now extends south to Sinchang |
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A picture of the opening of the extension south from Cheonan to Sinchang.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2898633
The construction is now completed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_Subway_Line_1
P168 Cheonan Janghang Line (under construction) Aboveground/Straight Random
P169 Bongmyeong (under construction) Janghang Line (under construction)
P170 Ssangyong (under construction) Janghang Line (under construction)
P171 Asan (under construction) Janghang Line (under construction)
P172 Mosan (under construction) Janghang Line (under construction)
P173 Sinchang (under construction) Janghang Line |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:20 am Post subject: |
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| Why would anyone want to take the subway all that distance? Why not just a regular train? |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:45 am Post subject: |
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| Well why not build all the way to Daejeon. |
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Lukychrm42
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Cheonan
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Why would anyone want to take the subway all that distance? Why not just a regular train? |
Cheap.
But after 2.5 hours of smelly ajosshis, vocal salesmen, smelly ajosshis, and no drinks/toilets, I think I will take the train next time. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| Well why not build all the way to Daejeon. |
Give it time. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| Also further out east. It will eventually reach Chuncheon. Then you can take the subway and get some chicken kalbi. |
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Ice Tea
Joined: 23 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: longest train? |
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| Does this make Line 1 the longest subway line in the world. It covers a good chunk of the country at this point. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Why would anyone want to take the subway all that distance? Why not just a regular train? |
Who says you have to go the whole distance. You can always just go for 2 or 3 stops. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Lukychrm42 wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Why would anyone want to take the subway all that distance? Why not just a regular train? |
Cheap.
But after 2.5 hours of smelly ajosshis, vocal salesmen, smelly ajosshis, and no drinks/toilets, I think I will take the train next time. |
Although it might count under one of your "smelly ajosshis", don't forget preachers and guys selling dollar store crap. Oh, and those women selling the $10 9 CD set of 1970s MP3s. Oh god. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| This is great. The bigger the build the subway, the better! |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Lukychrm42 wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Why would anyone want to take the subway all that distance? Why not just a regular train? |
Cheap.
But after 2.5 hours of smelly ajosshis, vocal salesmen, smelly ajosshis, and no drinks/toilets, I think I will take the train next time. |
Although it might count under one of your "smelly ajosshis", don't forget preachers and guys selling dollar store crap. Oh, and those women selling the $10 9 CD set of 1970s MP3s. Oh god. |
Lest we forget the blind, the beggers, and the news paper collectors? lol |
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i
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I clicked on that link, and after I closed it out, up came a barage of pop-ups. Around 200 of them. Seems any Korean site is a threat. Have to check how many viruses I got now. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| They really need to start using Mozilla here. Internet Exploder is shit. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| egrog1717 wrote: |
| Lest we forget the blind, the beggers, and the news paper collectors? lol |
The news paper collectors I didn't mind as they were performing something of a service. Could you imagine the subways if old poor people weren't cleaning them? If you can't imagine, come to Toronto. You should see the subways here in Toronto. Moving trash cans.
The beggers of course are a symptom of there being no social services:
http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr112/mindmetoo/sosueme%20and%20hobo/sosueme8b.jpg
All its all a symptom of being able to walk between cars. Not a bad thing if you get on at the back and your exit is near the front. But then it also makes it easy for beggers et al to work the cars. It would pretty funny watching Koreans having to run out the exit doors and then run into the next car between stops. Oish. You could imagine them all lining up and fighting to get out in time and into the next car. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| egrog1717 wrote: |
| Lest we forget the blind, the beggers, and the news paper collectors? lol |
The news paper collectors I didn't mind as they were performing something of a service. Could you imagine the subways if old poor people weren't cleaning them? If you can't imagine, come to Toronto. You should see the subways here in Toronto. Moving trash cans. |
Has the TTC subways gotten that bad? Last time I rode them was back in 2000. I was actually pretty impressed at how clean it was. Cleaner than Montreal's system, and Montreal's system is clean too (well at least back in 2000)... the I come to Seoul, city with a metro population of around 20 million, I was just blown away at how it could be cleaner than TO's. |
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