GWANGJU < invest Korea

According to Yonhap News,

(GWANGJU=Yonhap News) Gwangju City announced that it will benchmark the best cases of shallow depth subway systems in Europe to build the line 2 of the urban railway.

The city visited Le Sytral in Lyon, France and the BTC in Budapest, Hungary to learn about the construction and operation of shallow depth subway and examined the potential issues that can be raised while building the subway.

"It has been found that many European cities have shallow depth subway system and we could not find any issues with regards to the safety of the structure or the user accessibility," said a member of the delegation.

The delegation also did not experience any noise or shaking around the shallow depth subway areas.

Also, they have noted that the need to minimize the size of the station building to reduce the construction and operation costs.

"We will spare no efforts to build a safe and convenient line 2 of the urban railway by adopting the best cases of European shallow depth subway systems," said a city official.

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Source: Yonhap News (April 06, 2015)

** This article was translated from the Korean.