This Might Just Be the World's Best Metro System

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References & Further Reading

수도권 전기철도 (1974-08-31)
https://www.ehistory.go.kr/view/movie?mediasrcgbn=KV&mediaid=906&mediadtl=6753&mediagbn=DH

Redesign of the Seoul Metro map for the first time in 40 years
https://english.seoul.go.kr/redesign-of-the-seoul-metro-map-for-the-first-time-in-40-years/

20 Years of Subway Platform Safety Door Installation, “Mayor Oh’s Seoul Subway” Achieving Global Recognition for Safety
https://english.seoul.go.kr/20-years-of-subway-platform-safety-door-installation-mayor-ohs-seoul-subway-achieving-global-recognition-for-safety/

Mayor Oh Se-hoon Sets Global Safety Standard With Seoul Subway System’s 20 Years of Platform Screen Doors
https://english.seoul.go.kr/mayor-oh-se-hoon-sets-global-safety-standard-with-seoul-subway-systems-20-years-of-platform-screen-doors/

Seoul Metro Protects 7 Million Daily Passengers with Safe Security System
https://english.seoul.go.kr/seoul-metro-protects-7-million-daily-passengers-with-safe-security-system/

인천역 자동안전발판 작동영상 (Seoul Line1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n70OkiVT-hE

Subway music gains newfound interest
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/3107428

Do you know this Seoul Subway Song?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MbPpXVW53es

Metro Music Dances
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ajpBSvJCZxY
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AK1GtKsI7nQ

Seoul Subway Transfer Music to Change for the First Time in 14 Years
https://creatrip.com/en/blog/13341

Buses in Seoul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buses_in_Seoul

GTX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Train_eXpress

The vast majority of the content in this video was filmed on location by Not Just Bikes, with some images licensed from Getty Images and other sources.

No generative AI or AI voices were used in the making of this video.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:58 Brief history
1:26 An extensive regional service
3:45 Platform screen doors
6:53 App integration and efficiency
8:22 Jingles & wayfinding
10:30 Other niceties
10:52 T-Money card
12:19 High-speed trains
13:39 Constantly building new lines
14:42 GTX
16:48 Amenities
17:48 Metro station exits
19:28 Wide roads and unpleasant streets
22:02 Surface transit & buses
24:46 Reducing car traffic
26:42 Progress is being made
27:55 VPNs & travelling