(LEAD) Subway train malfunctions over Han River, leaves 500 stranded for 2 hours

▲ A Seoul subway train moves slowly along the Hangang Railroad Bridge on Dec. 15, 2022. A subway train malfunctioned and halted over the bridge earlier in the night, leaving 500 passengers stranded for over two hours. (Yonhap)

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(LEAD) Subway train malfunctions over Han River, leaves 500 stranded for 2 hours

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SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul subway train malfunctioned and stopped over a bridge on the Han River on Thursday, leaving some 500 passengers trapped and stranded for over two hours, according to officials.

The Line 1 subway train heading toward Noryangjin Station from Yongsan Station in central Seoul malfunctioned and halted on the Hangang Railroad Bridge at 7:58 p.m.

The state-run Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) towed the train with another railcar to Noryangjin Station at 10:05 p.m.

Due to the incident, about 50 train operations were delayed by as long as 50 minutes.

A KORAIL official said it plans to investigate the exact cause of the malfunction.

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