Incheon Yeongjongdo Residents Receive Airport Railroad Transfer Discount Benefit of 12,000 KRW per Month

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Residents of Yeongjongdo in Incheon who use the Airport Railroad with transfers have received an average monthly refund of 12,500 KRW per person due to the fare discount applied since July.

Incheon City announced on the 22nd that it refunded a total of 280 million KRW in transfer discount fares to 11,271 Yeongjongdo residents who used the Airport Railroad in July and August.

The average support amount per person over two months was 25,000 KRW, and office workers commuting from Yeongjongdo to Seoul Station using the Airport Railroad (based on 20 working days per month) received up to 190,000 KRW in refunds including bus transfers.

By age group, those under 30, who actively use public transportation, accounted for 54.4% of the beneficiaries.

Previously, Incheon City signed the "Agreement to Provide Public Transportation Discounts for Yeongjong Residents" with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Airport Railroad in December last year and started offering discount benefits from July.

The refund method is based on the difference between the actual fare paid by Yeongjongdo residents and the fare that would have been paid if the integrated transfer discount system had been applied.

Until now, within Yeongjongdo, an independent fare system (130 KRW per 1 km beyond 10 km) was applied, which was more expensive than the metropolitan integrated fare system (100 KRW per 5 km beyond 10 km).

The fare discount amounts are 1,100 KRW one-way for the Unseo?Seoul Station section (3,250 KRW → 2,150 KRW) and 700 KRW for the Yeongjong?Seoul Station section (2,750 KRW → 2,050 KRW).

Yeongjong residents can receive quarterly post-refunds of the discount amount based on their transportation card usage data after registering on the public transportation fare support portal and completing the verification process.

The transfer discount fares for September to November will be paid around the end of December after the transportation card data is settled.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.