Seoul Sagas: December 9, 2012 part two

[mtattrain]

Continued from part one. This part was mainly about riding a now-retired trainset.

 

This particular car was connected into the mentioned trainset, and is older than some of the cars... (you can tell the age by the windows; if they are squared, they used the older technology) built around 1979-1985

 

Korail Class 1000 (1st generation) Interior View by MTA Train, on Flickr

 

 

And a newer car in the train (with more rounder windows), built around 1988:

 

 

 

 

This retiring train was surprisingly retrofitted with newer-generation train doors in 2006-2007... and also got a new map in a matter of weeks before retirement:

 

 

 

 

Interesting perspective:

 

 

 

Heading east to Seoul:

 

 

 

Screen door mechanisms:

 

 

 

Viewing another train's driver cab from the retiring trainset (in other words, taken from another train):

 

 

 

 

Still heading east:

 

 

 

Over the Han River Bridge! (6 tracks)

 

 

 

And finally at Yongsan Station....

 

 

 

....with the retiring trainset mentioned above leaving:

 

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfUwcLZw9kY

 

 

Heading home to Ichon on a different train, far away from retirement:

 

 

 

And some Christmas preparation, as Christmas was approaching at the time of this thread:

 

 

 

That's it for now, and stay tuned for more! If you have questions about how to number a Korean subway train (like the retired train set), feel free to PM me and I will respond as soon as possible!

[Turbo19]

Great shots! Nice to compare different transit systems to one another.

[Minato ku]

Nice pictures

Seoul has two persons train operation?

[mtattrain]

Nice pictures

Seoul has two persons train operation?

 

I think so, but one of the people on the train simply makes announcements and controls the doors.