Daegu Metro Line 2 is the second
rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separation, grade separated rapid transit line below ground su ...
line in the South Korean city of
Daegu
Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...
. It is operated by the
Daegu Transit Corporation.
The line first began running from Munyang to Sawol on 18 October 2005, a distance of . The line had been scheduled to open some years earlier, but fallout from the IMF crisis of the late 1990s caused delays in construction.
On 19 September 2012, the extension from Sawol to Yeongnam University opened.
Daegu Metro Line 2 will be expanded from
Munyang Station to
Seongju County
Seongju County (''Seongju-gun'') is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. This largely agricultural area is located immediately west of the metropolitan city of Daegu. The capital of the county is the town of Seongju.
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as compensation of
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
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Deployment.
Stations
See also
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Daegu Metro Line 1
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Transport in South Korea
Transportation in South Korea is provided by extensive networks of railways, highways, bus routes, ferry services and air routes that traverse the country. South Korea is the third country in the world to operate a maglev train, which was an autom ...
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Daegu Metro Line 3
Daegu Metro Line 3 is the third line in the Daegu Metro rapid transit system in Daegu, South Korea. It is operated by the Daegu Transit Corporation. Daegu Metro Line 3 is a monorail line, and Hitachi Monorail was contracted for the supply of ...
External links
Daegu Transit Corporation
{{South Korea rapid transit
Daegu subway lines
Railway lines opened in 2005