Train Derailment at Sindorim Station... Line 2 Outer Loop Service Suspended (Comprehensive)

Train Derails After Colliding with Facility at Sindorim Station
Service Suspended Between Hongdaeipgu and Seoul National University
Temporary Halt Between Kkachisan and Sindorim

At around 7:50 a.m. on the 23rd, a train departing from Sindorim Station on Seoul Subway Line 2 in Guro-gu, Seoul, collided with a track barrier facility and derailed. Due to this accident, the operation of the outer loop train traveling from Hongdaeipgu Station to Seoul National University Station on Line 2 was suspended. Trains on this section are currently turning back at Hongdaeipgu Station and Seoul National University Station, respectively.

Sindorim Station on Seoul Subway Line 2. Photo by Yonhap News

The inner loop trains on Line 2 are operating normally.

Due to a power outage for emergency recovery, train operations in both directions between Sinjeongjiseon Kkachisan Station and Sindorim Station were temporarily suspended from 10:17 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.

According to Seoul Metro, one of the 10 cars of the accident train derailed, and since the train was about to start operation, there were no casualties.

The corporation deployed substitute buses on the suspended section. While organizing an on-site accident response headquarters to carry out recovery work, they are also supporting the investigation by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board.