'Social Distancing Revision' Korea Railroad Eases Ticket Sales Restrictions

Rail passengers are moving to board the KTX train at Seoul Station. The photo is unrelated to the article. Source=Yonhap News

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) announced on the 30th that it will gradually ease the ticket issuance criteria starting from the 1st of next month in accordance with the government's revised social distancing guidelines.

The key change is expanding the number of tickets that can be purchased, which was previously limited to 4 tickets, to match the allowed number of people for private gatherings under the new guidelines: 6 tickets from the 2nd to the 14th of next month, and 8 tickets from the 15th onward.

Additionally, companion seats, which had been sold only in the forward-facing direction due to strengthened social distancing measures, will now be fully available, and standing tickets will be sold in a limited capacity.

However, priority window seat issuance will continue to be maintained.

Previously, KORAIL had implemented quarantine measures such as prioritizing window seat allocation, suspending standing ticket sales, and limiting sales to 50% of total seats to prevent and contain infectious diseases.

Park Kwang-yeol, Head of Passenger Business Division at KORAIL, stated, “We will maintain a thorough quarantine system until COVID-19 is completely over to prioritize the safety of railway passengers,” and added, “We ask railway passengers to continue following personal quarantine rules such as wearing masks, refraining from eating or drinking on trains, and minimizing conversations.”

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