SR Conducts Special Inspection on Chuseok Holiday Train Tickets... Focused Monitoring of Online Secondhand Trading Sites
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] SRT operator SR announced on the 4th that it has launched a special crackdown to eradicate unfair transactions of SRT tickets ahead of the Chuseok holiday.
SR is intensively monitoring acts of unfairly securing seats using illegal programs such as macros and abnormal purchase histories, and is particularly strengthening monitoring of online secondhand trading sites.
In cooperation with online secondhand trading sites such as Junggonara and Danggeun Market, posts related to unfair transactions of SRT tickets are deleted upon discovery, and sellers attempting unfair transactions are directly informed of the illegality of such acts and requested to stop unfair practices.
Selling train tickets at prices higher than the normal fare is an illegal act violating Article 10 of the Railroad Business Act and Article 3 of the Minor Offenses Act, punishable by fines up to 10 million won, penalties, or detention.
SR plans to respond strongly, including requesting investigations, if any circumstances of unfairly preempting or distributing tickets or selling tickets at a premium are found.
Meanwhile, scalped tickets purchased through unfair transactions are mainly sold in illegitimate forms such as ticket capture screens and text messages. If such scalped tickets are used to board trains, additional damages are expected, such as paying up to 30 times the additional fare on board.
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Lee Jong-guk, CEO of SR, said, "Since ticket transactions through online secondhand trading are illegal brokerage acts, please do not contact or purchase them," and added, "We will respond strongly to any unfair transaction details confirmed through the special crackdown."
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