DESIGNING THE TRANSITION TO THE FUTURE: RAILWAY OF MEGACITY SEOUL
Jeon Hyeonwoo’s new book, Railway of Megacity Seoul: How to Transition into the Future in the Era of the Climate Crisis is presently a focus of public attention. The result of seven years’ work, this is a book by an author who majored in analytical philosophy and is a so-professed rail buff. It is encyclopedic, with 552 pages that cover facts drawn from the past, present, and future of Korean railways. SPACE interviewed the author to hear more about issues facing railways today, and their legacies, such as what they have meant to us and what they should now hope to be.
Bang Yukyung (Bang): Your book is a comprehensive research project covering the history and contemporary status of Korean railways with criticism and suggestions. What prompted you to write this book?
Jeon Hyeonwoo (Jeon): It was on the Gyeongin Line that I first experienced a train journey, which I took under the careful guidance of my parents when I was a child. Whenever I visited Seoul with my parents, I had to take the ‘Hell metro’ at Sindorim Station. Even through a child’s eyes, it seemed ‘jam-packed with people’. When I
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