Daegu Subway Line 2 is the second subway line in the South Korean city of Daegu. It is operated by the Daegu Metropolitan Subway Corporation.
The line first began running from Munyang to Sawol on October 18, 2005, a distance of 29 km. The line had been scheduled to open some years earlier, but fallout from the IMF crisis of the late 1990s caused delays in construction.
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