Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation

Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation
DTRO

Type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Rapid transit
Founded	Daegu, South Korea (November 20, 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 Metropolitan Transit Corporation
Hangul	대구도시철도공사
Hanja	大邱都市鐵道公社
Revised Romanization	Daegu dosi cheoldo gongsa
McCune–Reischauer	Taegu tosi ch'ŏlto kongsa

Daegu Metropolitan Transit 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

November 20, 1995 established Daegu Metropolitan Subway Corporation
November 26, 1997 opened Line 1 (Jincheon–Jungangno)
May 2, 1998 opened Line 1 (Jungangno–Ansim) fully
May 10, 2002 opened Line 1 (Daegok–Jincheon)
October 18, 2005 opened Line 2 (Munyang–Sawol) fully
October 1, 2008 renamed to Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation
September 19, 2012 opened Line 2 (Sawol–Yeungnam Univ.)
April 23, 2015 opened Line 3 (KNU Medical Center–Yongji)

External links

Railway companies of South Korea

Operator	Busan Transportation B&G Metro DTRO DJET GRTC Incheon Transit Korail AREX Seoul Metro 5678 SMRT Seoul Line 9 NeoTrans

Constructor	Busan Transportation BGLRT Daegu Gov. Daejeon Gov. Gwangju Gov. Incheon Gov. KR Network Seoul Gov. Seoul Metro Line 9 Shinbundang Railroad Uijeongbu LRT Yongin Rapid Transit Corporation

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