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Trains run every 6 minutes (9 minutes on Sundays and holidays). One-car trains are operated, a feature unique to this Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) system; trains can be lengthened to two cars if necessary, similar to the AirTrain JFK. Despite being a medium capacity system, at {{Convert|3.2|m|ftin|sp=us}},{{Cite web |title=차량도감 - 철도산업정보센터 |trans-title=Vehicle Guide |url=https://www.kric.go.kr/jsp/board/portal/sub02/rcd/railDogam6Detail.jsp?p_id=A030504001&seq=89 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Korea Railway Industry Information Center |language=ko}} they are ironically the widest trains in South Korea. Each car has a capacity of 133 passengers.

All stations are in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do. The line is {{Convert|18.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} long.

Ridership was lower than expected on opening day; around 9,000 people per day in April 2013.{{Cite web |date=17 April 2015 |title=[용인경전철 2년-상]하루 이용객 3만명 시대 명암 |trans-title=[Yongin Light Rail Transit 2-year-old] Contrast in the era of 30,000 daily passengers |url=http://www.newsis.com/ar_detail/view.html?ar_id=NISX20150417_0013606764&cID=10803&pID=10800 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714052058/http://www.newsis.com/ar_detail/view.html?ar_id=NISX20150417_0013606764&cID=10803&pID=10800 |archive-date=14 July 2015 |access-date=1 March 2022 |website=Newsis}}

Daily ridership totals eventually grew to around 30,000 people by the middle of 2015.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-10 |title=PUBLIC-PRIVATE-PARTNERSHIP LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER |url=https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/transportation/yongin-everline-light-rail-transit-seoul-republic-korea |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=PUBLIC-PRIVATE-PARTNERSHIP LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER |language=en}} The increase is touted to be the result of a fare integration program introduced on September 20, 2014.{{Cite web |title=Key Milestones |url=https://ever-line.co.kr/page/?m2_idx=28977 |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222002928/https://ever-line.co.kr/page/?m2_idx=28977 |archive-date=2024-02-22 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=ever-line.co.kr |language=ko}}

After a period of unstable patronage caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic, daily ridership rose to 40,000 by May 2024.{{Cite web |last=Jang |first=Byeong-geuk |date=2024-05-13 |title=용인에버라인, 하루평균 승객 4만명 넘어...개통 11년만 |url=https://www.redaily.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=7831 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128104243/https://www.redaily.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=7831 |archive-date=November 28, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Rail Economy News |language=ko}}

There are plans to extend the line {{convert|6.8|km|mi|abbr=on|sp=us|adj=on}} from Giheung Station to Gwanggyo Station on the Shinbundang Line.{{Cite web| title=(경기도 도시철도) 용인경전철 연장| publisher=Future Rail Database| date=December 9, 2011| url=http://frdb2.wo.to/944.htm| language=ko| access-date=November 12, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927184910/http://frdb2.wo.to/944.htm| archive-date=September 27, 2013| url-status=dead}}

Additionally, Neo Trans, the operator of the Shinbundang Line, took over operations in 2016.{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.neotrans.kr/sub/company/company_menu03.jsp?tab=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228085111/http://www.neotrans.kr/sub/company/company_menu03.jsp?tab=2 |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=www.neotrans.kr |language=ko}} Operation of the trains was transferred back to Yongin Light Rail Co., Ltd on August 1, 2023.

Initial forecasts from 2001 expected daily ridership to reach 140,000 people per day at the time of opening. However, later estimates revealed that this number would instead be closer to 32,000 riders per day due to the improvement of existing transportation options and construction delays on the Suin–Bundang Line at Giheung station (which would not open until 2011).

As a result, the city government of Yongin was ordered to pay the consortium {{KRW|7.79 billion}} in compensation at the behest of the International Chamber of Commerce. The city of Yongin and Yongin Light Rail Co., Ltd. re-negotiated a new operating contract in 2012, which required the city to pay approximately {{USD|20000000}} per year to cover for losses.

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South Korean authorities investigated possible corruption by Bombardier Transportation officials over the building of this line and concerns that ridership was exaggerated to have the technology preferentially chosen over other contenders. No charges were filed due to a lack of presented evidence and the case reaching its statute of limitation.

{{Reflist}}

• [https://en.ever-line.co.kr/ Official Homepage] in English
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011450/http://railnews.korail.go.kr/20051105/03728.html Korean National Railway press release]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214615/http://frdb.new21.org/162.htm frdb.wo.to site's EverLine page (in Korean) including detailed information, maps and renderings]
• [https://decorehomes.com/ 신광교클라우드시티] Scheduled for August 2029
• [https://www.yongin.go.kr/ 용인시청] Yongin City Hall
• [https://www.suwon.go.kr/ 수원시청] Suwon City Hall

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