Rail Passengers During Chuseok Holiday at 39% of Last Year... Average 210,000 per Day

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) announced on the 5th that during this year's Chuseok special transportation period (September 29 to October 4), a total of 1.23 million passengers used trains, averaging 210,000 passengers per day.

The daily ridership of 210,000 is 39% of last year's Chuseok holiday (520,000), and the total number of passengers also decreased to less than half of last year's 2.61 million. The average number of train operations per day was 4,278 over the six days, similar to last year, but only window seats were sold and no standing passengers were allowed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

During this period, KTX trains were used by a total of 630,000 passengers (110,000 per day), and regular trains by 600,000 passengers (100,000 per day). The day with the highest number of passengers was September 29, the day before the holiday, with 250,000 passengers boarding.

KORAIL detected 793 fare evaders who boarded trains without tickets during the special period, forcibly removing them at the next station and charging ten times the additional fare.

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