The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 1st that it will establish a monitoring system that transmits closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage in real time to the comprehensive control center in the event of an incident occurring in subway lines 1 to 8 by June of next year.
The system being established will automatically display notification pop-ups on the control center's monitoring screen along with video footage from the accident train car and adjacent cars as soon as an emergency situation arises. When incidents such as fires occur in the subway, the CCTV footage from the affected train and adjacent trains will be sent to the comprehensive control center. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, real-time monitoring of trains that have an incident from the 'comprehensive control center' is the first of its kind in the country.
Currently, 2 to 4 CCTV cameras are installed per subway train. In case of an emergency, the train operator checks the footage directly and then reports back to the control center wirelessly.
In response, the Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to establish an emergency monitoring system that can simultaneously check up to 11 videos, ensuring citizen safety through actions such as halting operations and issuing evacuation guidance.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to complete the application for 355 trains and 3,157 cars on subway lines 1 to 8, excluding line 6, by the first half of next year. Following that, line 6 will be implemented starting in 2027 after the establishment of the train wireless communication network.
Seoul's Transportation Director, Yeojang Gwon, noted, 'We will continuously enhance the subway accident response system in the future.'