Hwaseong City Increases Wide-area Bus Routes 6011 and 6012 Between Dongtan New Towns and Pangyo Station

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Hwaseong City announced on the 28th that it plans to deploy additional regular vehicles to resolve citizen inconvenience related to continuous complaints about increasing wide-area buses, citing insufficient seating on routes toward Pangyo and increased resident move-ins to Dongtan 2 New Town's New Residential Culture Town.

Currently, wide-area bus routes 6011 and 6012 operating from Dongtan 1 and 2 New Towns toward Pangyo are experiencing repeated instances where most seats are filled at upstream bus stops, preventing passengers at downstream stops from boarding.

In response, the city analyzed boarding failure data and conducted ongoing consultations with relevant agencies before deploying one emergency charter bus per route during commute hours on September 1. Starting December 1, the city will add two regular vehicles to Route 6011 and one regular vehicle to Route 6012.

Mayor Jung Myung-geun stated, "I expect that increasing wide-area buses toward Pangyo will further improve regional transit convenience in the Dongtan area," and added, "Going forward, we will do our utmost to implement practical transportation measures so that citizens can use public transportation more comfortably and smoothly."