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Yesterday (15th) evening, a subway train on Seoul Subway Line 1 stopped for nearly two hours on the Han River railroad bridge.
500 passengers on their way home from work were trapped in the car, and subway service was disrupted.
This is reporter Kim Deok-hyun.
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On the Hangang railway bridge, on-site employees busily come and go, shining lights around the stationary subway train.
Yesterday at around 8:00 pm, a car on Seoul Subway Line 1 on its way from Yongsan Station to Noryangjin Station broke down and stopped on a railroad bridge over the Hangang River.
Korail connected another train to the train and towed it to Noryangjin Station, but about 500 passengers on the broken train were isolated in the vehicle for nearly two hours.
[Passenger of a broken subway car: It was bumpy and bumpy, and then it went to the middle of the bridge over the Han River and stopped.
this.
My legs can't walk.
I couldn't even eat...
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Three passengers complained of chills and were taken to the hospital.
As a result of this accident, both the upper and lower lines of Subway Line 1 were operated on temporary tracks for nearly 2 hours, and the operation of 50 trains using the same line was delayed for up to 50 minutes.
Korail said it was investigating the cause of the vehicle's breakdown.
(Screen provided: Seoul TOPIS)