Daegu Metro Line 3 is the third line in the

Daegu Metro Daegu Metro () is a metro system that serves primarily the South Korean city of Daegu, operated by Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation from 5:30AM to 0:00AM with the interval from 5 to 8 minutes between each car's arrival. With the fastest ...

rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...

system in Daegu,

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. It is operated by the

Daegu Transit Corporation Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation (DTRO) is a public corporation which runs the Daegu Metro Lines 1, 2 and 3 established in 1995. To 2008, it was called Daegu Metropolitan Subway Corporation. History * 20 November 1995 established D ...

. Daegu Metro Line 3 is a

monorail A monorail (from " mono", meaning "one", and " rail") is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail or a beam. Colloquially, the term "monorail" is often used to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover. More accura ...

line, and

Hitachi Monorail The Hitachi Monorail System refers to the family of monorails offered by Hitachi Rail. List of notable Hitachi monorails Hitachi's designs are ALWEG-based, and are available in three configurations: All Hitachi trains except those on Japan's o ...

was contracted for the supply of monorail, track switches and signalling system. It is Korea's first straddle-type monorail system.

Rolling Stock

Line 3's rolling stock are referred to as 3000-series. There are 28 3-car sets or 84 cars in total. It is based on the standard

system.

Hitachi Rail () is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Nissan ''zaibatsu'' and later DKB Group and Fuyo G ...

built the prototype car set with remaining 27 sets built by

Woojin Industrial Systems Woojin Industrial Systems Company Limited ( ko, 우진산전) is a South Korean manufacturer of rolling stock including metro, electric bus, peoplemover and monorail vehicles. Customers Heavy rail * Indonesia ** Kualanamu Airport Rail Lin ...

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Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation

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{{South Korea rapid transit Monorails Railway lines opened in 2015 Daegu subway lines Monorails in South Korea 2015 establishments in South Korea

Rolling Stock

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