Company type | Municipal-owned corporation |
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Industry | Rapid transit |
Founded | June 8, 1970 (reestablished September 1, 1981)[1] |
Defunct | May 31, 2017 |
Fate | Merged with Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation |
Successor | Seoul Transportation Corporation |
Headquarters | Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
Key people | Kim Tae-ho (President, 2016–2017)[2] |
Products | Subway |
6,593,770,000,000 (KRWON)(2005) | |
-81,718,477,562 (KRWON) (2005) | |
Owner | Seoul Metropolitan Government |
Number of employees | 10,128(2006) |
Website | www |
Seoul Metro Corporation | |
Hangul | 서울 메트로 |
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Revised Romanization | Seoul Meteuro |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏul 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]