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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: How bad will traffic be on Sellal holiday Monday ? |
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I have get to Incheon Airport from central Seoul in the evening.
Is it likely to take much longer than usual because of Seollal? |
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sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Gwangwang
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, the roads will be chaos. The buses tend to avoid the worst traffic, but they still occassionally get caught up in it. It might be better to take the train to Incheon and then bus it from there.  |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| sadsac wrote: |
| Yes, the roads will be chaos. The buses tend to avoid the worst traffic, but they still occassionally get caught up in it. It might be better to take the train to Incheon and then bus it from there. |
Thanks for the advice. If I were to do that, which subway stop would be the best to stop at, and roughly how long would it take to the airport? |
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mehamrick
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Take the new train that goes to the airport. I think i remember seeing something about it on the news that it was open? or maybe opening soon.. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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The road to the airprort will be fine.
There is no train between Seoul and the new airport yet: the first section, Incheon to Gimpo is expected to open next year. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:04 am Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
The road to the airprort will be fine.
There is no train between Seoul and the new airport yet: the first section, Incheon to Gimpo is expected to open next year. |
Actually the incheon-Gimpo line is scheduled to begin operations on the 23rd of next month
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200702/200702140021.html |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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| just because wrote: |
| Wangja wrote: |
The road to the airprort will be fine.
There is no train between Seoul and the new airport yet: the first section, Incheon to Gimpo is expected to open next year. |
Actually the incheon-Gimpo line is scheduled to begin operations on the 23rd of next month
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200702/200702140021.html |
Mea culpa. I meant to write next month.  I drive past it almost every day. |
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DCJames
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| The total travel time from Gimpo to Incheon will be 33 minutes for standard trains and 28 minutes for express trains, a little shorter than the 35 to 45 minutes it takes by airport limousine bus. |
IS it really that much faster than the limo buses?
Doesn't seems so.
How much will it cost? Will it be standard subware fare based on distance? |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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How much will it cost? Will it be standard subware fare based on distance? |
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200702/200702140021.html
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| The fare for standard trains will start from W1,000 for the basic route and add W80 every kilometer, costing around W3,100 for the entire route. The express train fare will be set at around W7,900 |
 You save five minutes with the express train and it costs W4,800 more.
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| transfers from the subway to the airport railway are not available. Passengers who need to use both lines have to buy separate tickets. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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If you want to know how bad traffic is at any time and your Korean skills are passable look at this site
www.freeway.co.kr and go to the Roadplus link(2nd on the left)..
It shows graphically how fast every expressway is going in each section in real time...
At the moment it is super clogged around daegu and the back of changwon/masan but other than that it isn't too bad really.... |
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thebum
Joined: 09 Jan 2005
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| huffdaddy wrote: |
| DCJames wrote: |
How much will it cost? Will it be standard subware fare based on distance? |
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200702/200702140021.html
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| The fare for standard trains will start from W1,000 for the basic route and add W80 every kilometer, costing around W3,100 for the entire route. The express train fare will be set at around W7,900 |
You save five minutes with the express train and it costs W4,800 more.
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| transfers from the subway to the airport railway are not available. Passengers who need to use both lines have to buy separate tickets. |
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but from a lot of places in seoul the airport limo buses are 10000 or 12000 won. |
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