Andy Tebay

AIRPORT Railroad Corporation (A'Rex) has taken over operations of the Incheon Airport Maglev as of July 1.

THE Korean port city of Busan is expected to launch construction this month on its fifth metro line, which will run south from an interchange with metro Line 2 and the Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit (BGT) at Sasang to Hadan on Line 4.

TESTING is underway on Korea's Suseo high-speed line, which links Gangnam in Seoul with the existing Gyeongbu high-speed line, although opening of the 61.1km line has been pushed back to the end of the year to allow structural reinforcement work at one of the stations.

KORAIL will open an extension to the Suin (Suwon-Incheon) Line commuter rail on February 27 from the current terminus of Songdo to Incheon where it will connect with Line 1 of the Seoul metro.

THE 12.8km southern extension of Seoul's Shinbundang Line opened on January 30, extending the line from the previous terminus at Jeongja to the cities of Yongin and Suwon.

FOLLOWING a competitive tender, the Korean city of Yongin has awarded NeoTrans a Won 169bn ($US 141m) contract to operate and maintain the 18.1km light metro Everline.