Daegu Transportation Corporation

Daegu Transportation Corporation
DTRO

Company type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Rapid transit
Founded	Daegu, South Korea (20 November 1995 (1995-11-20))
Headquarters	Sangin-dong, Dalseo District, Daegu , South Korea
Area served	Daegu
Number of employees	2,064
Parent	Daegu Metropolitan Government
Website	www.dtro.or.kr

Daegu Transportation Corporation
Hangul	대구교통공사
Hanja	大邱交通公社
Revised Romanization	Daegu gyotong gongsa
McCune–Reischauer	Taegu kyotong kongsa

Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation logo (2008~2022)

Daegu Transportation Corporation (DTRO) is a public corporation which runs the Daegu Metro Lines 1, 2 and 3 established in 1995. To 2008, it was called Daegu Metropolitan Subway Corporation.

History

Daegu Metropolitan Subway Corporation was established 20 November 1995 and was renamed Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation 1 October 2008. It merged with Daegu Urban Railway Construction Headquarters (ko) and became Daegu Transportation Corporation on September 1 2022.^[1]

• 26 November 1997: opened Line 1 (Jincheon–Jungangno)
• 2 May 1998: opened Line 1 (Jungangno–Ansim) fully
• 10 May 2002: opened Line 1 (Daegok–Jincheon)

• 18 October 2005: opened Line 2 (Munyang–Sawol) fully
• 19 September 2012: opened Line 2 (Sawol–Yeungnam Univ.)

• 23 April 2015: opened Line 3 (Chilgok Kyungpook Nat'l Univ. Medical Center–Yongji)

References

1. "'대구교통공사' 출범 임박…"물리적 통합 아닌 공공교통 안전성 우선 돼야"". Financial News (in Korean). 8 August 2022.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Official website (in English)
• Urban Railroad Construction Headquarters – Daegu Metropolitan City Government