Seoul Metro Corporation

For the subway system, see Seoul Metropolitan Subway.
Seoul Metro Corporation
Company typeMunicipal-owned corporation
IndustryRapid transit
FoundedJune 8, 1970 (reestablished September 1, 1981)[1]
DefunctMay 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)
FateMerged with Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
SuccessorSeoul Transportation Corporation
HeadquartersSeocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Key people
Kim Tae-ho (President, 2016–2017)[2]
ProductsSubway
6,593,770,000,000 (KRWON)(2005)
-81,718,477,562 (KRWON) (2005)
OwnerSeoul Metropolitan Government
Number of employees
10,128(2006)
Websitewww.seoulmetro.co.kr
Seoul Metro Corporation
Hangul
서울 메트로
Revised RomanizationSeoul Meteuro
McCune–ReischauerSŏul Met'ŭro

Seoul Metro Corporation (Korean: 서울메트로) was a municipal-owned corporation owned by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Established in 1970, it was, with Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation and Korail, one of the major operators of Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The company merged with Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation in 2017.[3]

  1. ^ "개요 및 연혁" (in Korean). Seoul Metro. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  2. ^ "서울메트로 사장에 이정원 現 경영지원본부장 임명" (in Korean). Asiae. 2014-08-22. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  3. ^ Tebay, Andy (2017-06-06). "Seoul Metro operators merge". Rail Journal. Retrieved 2018-03-19.