Yongin Special City to Significantly Increase Metro Bus Routes This Year to Ease Seoul Commute Inconvenience

[Suwon Daily=Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin Special City plans to significantly increase metro bus routes this year to ease commuting inconveniences for citizens traveling to Seoul.

According to the city on the 5th, Yongin has established and will implement the '2023 Yongin Metro Bus Operation Improvement Plan,' which includes introducing 16 new regular buses and 5 two-story electric buses while adding 6 charter bus runs.

Since standing passengers were completely banned on metro buses, citizens using bus stops just before highway entrances have faced inconvenience, often having to let already full buses pass several times before boarding.

The city's plan focuses on expanding buses in highway-adjacent areas such as Singal Intersection (Giheung Station) in Giheung-gu, Cheonghyeon Village (Dujin Apartment), and Shinbong-dong (Seo-Suji IC) in Suji-gu, so citizens can save even a little time during busy commute hours.

First, regular buses will be deployed this month on routes 5001 (1 bus) and 1560 (1 bus) and 5003 (2 buses) heading toward Gangnam via Singal Intersection. In May, 1 bus will also be deployed on route 5001-1.

Charter bus runs will be added twice this month on route 1560, and two-story electric buses will be introduced one each on routes 5001 and 5003 by year-end.

Regular buses will also be deployed on route 5005 (1 bus) heading toward Gangbuk and routes 5600 heading toward Pangyo (1 bus in March, 2 buses in May).

On route 5006 heading toward Gangnam from Cheonghyeon Village, charter bus runs will be added once this month, and a two-story electric bus will be introduced in June.

Route 5500-2 heading toward Gangbuk from Shinbong-dong will add 1 regular bus by next month, and 2 two-story electric buses will be introduced in June.

One regular bus will also be deployed in May on route 5002, which connects Pogok (Everland) and Gangnam.

Additionally, the city plans to minimize commuting inconvenience by deploying charter buses during rush hours on reduced routes among city and village buses.