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A power outage occurred between Seocho Station and Sports Complex Station on Seoul Subway Line 2, disrupting train operations in both directions.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Jae-hoon = On the afternoon of the 1st, two power outages occurred between Seocho Station and Sports Complex Station on Seoul Subway Line 2, disrupting train operations in both directions.
According to the Seoul Transportation Corporation, there were two power outages for about 5 minutes each starting at 6:52 p.m. on this day.
Because of this, train operations were temporarily suspended, but the construction soon resumed and no long-term delays occurred.
Currently, the train is operating normally.
There were many posts on social media (SNS) such as “Power was cut off on both the internal and external lines of Line 2,” and “There was a lot of talk today because Line 7 was also disabled, but maybe it was because of the rain.”
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