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Basic plans for the Busan subway were drawn in 1979 and construction started in 1981 on Line 1, a north-south route. It opened in four stages between 1985 and 1994:

19 July 1985: Nopo-dong - Beomnaegol (16.2 km)
xx May 1987: Beomnaegol - Jungang-dong (5.4 km)
xx Feb 1990: Jungang-dong - Seodaesin-dong (4.5 km)
xx June 1994: Seodaesin-dong - Sinpyeong (6.4 km)

Construction of Line 2 began in 1991, the western 22 km stretch was put into service in 1999 (21 stations), the central section between Seomyeon and Geumnyeonsan opened on 8 August 2001. One year later it reached its eastern terminus at Jangsan:

30 June 1999: Hopo - Seomyeon (21 km)
08 Aug 2001: Seomyeon - Geumnyeonsan (7.7 km)
16 Jan 2002: Geumnyeonsan - Gwangan (0.9 km)
29 Aug 2002: Gwangan - Jangsan (7.7 km)
10-Jan-2007: Hopo - Yangsan (7.2 km)
01-Oct-2009: Busan National University Yangsan added

Construction of Line 3 started in November 1997 and it was planned to open in 2002 to serve several venues used during the Asian Games. The largest part of this line was eventually brought into service in November 2005:

28 Nov 2005: Daejeo - Suyeong (18.1 km)

Initially planned as a branch off line 3, line 4 finally opened as a rubber-tyred light metro in March 2011:

30 Mar 2011: Minam - Anpyeong (12.7 km)

Despite its name, the BGL is a full standard-gauge metro line which connects Busan to the neighbouring city of Gimhae, via Gimhae Airport. This elevated line is 24 km long, has 21 stations and is operated with 46 driverless cars delivered by Hyundai Rotem.

09 Sept 2011: Sasang - Samgye (24 km)

 Projects

Construction started in Nov. 2009 on a short extension of line 1 to Dadaepo.

Busan Urban Transit Authority (Pusan Subway) - Official Site

Busan Gimhae Light Rail Transit (Official Site)

Busan Subway at Wikipedia

Busan Subway at Johomaps

Busan Gimhae Light Rail at Wikipedia