SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is preparing to overhaul its public transit payment system to allow foreign visitors to ride buses and subways using the same credit cards they carry abroad, a shift aimed at easing one of the most persistent inconveniences for travelers. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has begun [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Subway and bus services in Seoul will be extended to run until 2 a.m. during the Lunar New Year holiday later this month, the Seoul metropolitan government said Sunday. According to the city’s transportation plans, trains on Subway Line 1 through Line 9 across the capital will be operated [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Thursday it will begin resuming late-night public transportation operations in the city, two years after they were reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The city government plans to extend daily subway operation hours through 1 a.m., instead of midnight on weekdays, starting sometime in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — If you’ve ever walked from one end of a subway platform to the other, searching for the subway car with the most amount of elbow room possible, Korail has something for you. On August 8, the national railroad operator stated it had begun testing internally developed technology which will inform riders [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Data indicates that Seoul citizens are increasingly choosing to use public transportation as part of their efforts to be environmentally conscious. According to an infographic generated by The Seoul Institute entitled ‘Seoul Citizens’ Efforts to Save the Environment’, 65.2 percent of the 431 citizens questioned picked ‘using public transportation’ as the [...]