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Seoul to trial seatless subway carriages to cut rush-hour congestion

Seoul to trial seatless subway carriages to cut rush-hour congestion

From January, it will be standing room only in some carriages so people can use the South Korean capital’s metro lines ‘more comfortably and safely’Seoul’s subway system plans to introduce trains with carriages with no seating in order to alleviate congestion during peak hours, its operator has announced.The trial programme, set to start in January, will involve the removal of seats from two carriages on subway trains running on two of the South Korean’s capital’s nine major lines during morning and evening rush hours, Seoul Metro said on Wednesday. It forms part of a broader project aimed at reducing congestion on one of the world’s busiest metro systems.

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