With restoration at the scene of the Seosomun overpass collapse completed, vehicle traffic at the Seosomun crossing will resume from 12 a.m. on the 11th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on the 10th.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that on the 5th it completed demolition work on three remaining piers of the Seosomun overpass and, through a joint inspection with related agencies, finalized safety checks for rail vehicles, automobiles, and pedestrians. Accordingly, traffic at the Seosomun crossing, which had been restricted due to restoration work after the May 26 accident, will return to normal after about a month and a half.
Earlier, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) formed a Central Accident Management Headquarters immediately after the Seosomun overpass collapse and held nine meetings with related agencies to establish a site restoration plan. Starting on the 30th, it resumed train operations on the Gyeongui Line between Sinchon and Seoul Station.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) plans to strengthen safety management at the Seosomun crossing even after vehicle traffic resumes. It will increase the number of crossing attendants from the current two to four and station them at all times, and it also decided to push for installing AI-based closed-circuit (CC)TV that alerts approaching trains if a vehicle or pedestrian becomes trapped inside the crossing.
An official at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) said, "Even after lifting the Central Accident Management Headquarters, we plan to identify the fundamental cause of the accident and prepare measures to prevent a recurrence of similar accidents, including ways to strengthen on-site management near railway facilities, in the second half of this year."