Korea Railroad, Lunar New Year Holiday Train Tickets '51.8% Booked'... "Payment Must Be Completed by the 16th"

On the 11th, citizens lined up at the Seoul Station ticket office to purchase train tickets for the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Train ticket reservations for the Lunar New Year holiday have reached 51.8% completion.

Korea Railroad (Korail) announced on the 14th that from the 11th to the 13th, a total of 511,000 tickets were reserved out of approximately 986,000 available seats (window seats only) for the Lunar New Year holiday through non-face-to-face reservations.

The reservation rates by major lines are as follows: Gyeongbu Line 52.5%, Gyeongjeon Line 54.8%, Honam Line 59.2%, Jeolla Line 63.6%, Gangneung Line 49.2%, and Jungang Line 56.8%.

The day with the highest number of outbound travelers is the 29th, with a reservation rate of 83.1% for the downbound trains (Gyeongbu Line 85.9%, Honam Line 94.2%).

Conversely, the day with the highest number of return travelers is the 2nd of next month, with an upbound reservation rate of 85.8% (Gyeongbu Line 90.0%, Honam Line 94.8%).

Reserved tickets must be paid for by midnight on the 16th; tickets not paid for will be automatically canceled and reallocated to those on the waiting list.

In particular, elderly and disabled passengers who reserved tickets by phone on the 11th must visit the station ticket counter with their ID (resident registration card or disability registration card) by the 16th to make on-site payment and receive their physical tickets to actually use the train.

Meanwhile, Korail is selling remaining unreserved seats starting from 3 p.m. on the 13th through station ticket counters, automatic ticket machines, the website, and the mobile app 'Koreail Talk'.

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