Gwangju plans Metro Line 2 safety review after evacuation-stair concerns
Gwangju authorities plan a professional safety reassessment of Metro Line 2 after lawmakers raised concerns about evacuation routes and emergency measures for driverless operation. Only Namgwangju station among the line’s 20 stations has a dedicated evacuation staircase. Urban railway construction chief 박금화 said the design met evacuation standards in 2017 but now needed reassessment, with supplementary measures to follow the findings; the city will also consider AI-based real-time crowd monitoring.