Korail Gwangju Jeonnam Imposes 10x Additional Fare for Fare Evasion

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Korea Railroad Gwangju Jeonnam Headquarters announced on the 2nd that it will conduct a campaign to prevent fare evasion and intensive crackdowns until May 31st to establish a proper railroad usage culture during the travel season.

This intensive crackdown will focus on inspecting fare evasion acts, possession of valid identification for free, preferential, and discounted tickets, and will also carry out a campaign to prevent fare evasion.

The targets of fare evasion crackdowns include ▲ possession of copied, captured, or photographed tickets ▲ unauthorized use of seats with restricted eligibility such as wheelchair seats ▲ misuse of discounted tickets by persons not eligible for discounts ▲ forgery or alteration of tickets.

During this intensive crackdown period, Mr. A was caught misusing the Korail discount system N Card by using it despite not being eligible for the discount, and was caught when the train crew requested identification verification. The N Card is a personalized mobile card for Korail membership holders that allows up to 40% discount on tickets for the cardholder only. It was announced that those who misuse tickets will be charged ten times the standard fare.

If fare evasion is confirmed, additional charges up to 30 times the fare may be imposed. When using free or discounted tickets, passengers must carry identification and comply with requests to present it.

A Korail Gwangju Jeonnam Headquarters official stated, “We will strive to prevent and crack down on fare evasion to foster a proper railroad culture,” and urged, “We ask passengers to actively cooperate with mature civic awareness so that they can establish a proper railroad usage culture themselves.”

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