Hangang Bus ridership tops 300,000 since launch

Seoul's Hangang Bus river ferry service has surpassed 300,000 cumulative passengers since launching official operations in September 2025, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday. The city said the service carried 104,498 passengers from its official launch on Sept. 18, 2025, through Feb. 28, when only the Magok-Yeouido segment operated on a partial schedule. After full-route service resumed March 1, ridership climbed steadily, reaching a cumulative total of more than 300,000 as of Tuesday, with an additional 196,229 passengers recorded since the full resumption of operations. The pace of ridership growth has accelerated since the full route reopened. The service took 47 days — from March 1 to April 16 — to record its first 100,000 passengers following the resumption, but subsequent ridership has come in at a faster clip. The city said an additional milestone of 200,000 passengers since the resumption could be reached as early as this week. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said the figures indicate that public demand for the Hangang Bus as a new mode of water-based transportat

Original source: Korea Times