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[Morton]

I was looking on the KTX site for a ticket from Yongsan to Iksan on either tomorrow or Friday. The afternoon would be my prefered time. I looked on the site and saw a 'moogoonghwaho' train at 16.40
In the 'Ilbansil' category the train has 'yaeyagganeung.'

The page is at http://www.korail.com/ there is no further link i could find.

My kingdom for an English Korail site.

I was wondering if anyone could help me by letting me know what the korean words mean.

Many thanks.

[Ilsanman]

Moogonghwa is the lowest class, slowest, and cheapest of all trains. My advice: avoid it. They sell tickets for standing room only. So people in the aisles will make your ride very enjoyable by grabbing the back of your seat, talking about you while standing beside you, etc.

Ilbansil means regular class. Regular price.

Yaeyagganeung is 'Reservations are possible'. Meaning tickets are available.

[Morton]

Ilsanman,

In the pile of shit that is this forum, you are one of the few diamonds.

Cheers mate.

[JungMin]

I tried myself a few days ago.....Yongsan to Mokpo. The are absolutely NO seats. I asked other teachers at my school and they said they bought tickets a month ago!!!

I think you are out of luck dude.....try and get a bus ticket.

[genezorm]

if you walk you can probably get there in the same time as a bus will take this weekend

[spliff]

Standing is cool on the Train...just go to the food car get a seat and keep ordering beer and a couple side dishes...

[Smee]

The Korail site is by far the most obnoxious and user unfriendly site I've come across. The English version has almost no useful information, and it's impossible to even get a decent, accurate, to-scale map. I had to turn to Naver to find out if stations on the map still exist or not. The old version---Barota, I think?---was ridiculous, and instead of allowing you to browse trains, schedules, and availability, you had to plug away, hour-by-hour, to see if a particular train went from one location to another. The computer at my school now isn't allowing the new page to work properly, so I can't judge how informative it is . . . But the painintheassiness of the whole process is why I take buses everywhere.

[Ilsanman]

Morton, thanks for the kind words.

I know Sae Mauel (new village) trains have food cars. I am not sure if the cheap train has one of not. If it does, I bet about 500 grandmothers had the same idea as you, before you did.

[Morton]

Thank you all for the replies. The ticket wasn't for me it was for a friend. The korail website is a major let down.

I went to the tourist information desk in Yongsan station a couple of weeks ago for some info on buying tickets online. The woman didn't speak English. The knob of Asia does it again.

[Ilsanman]

Can you even buy them online without a Korean ID number? I somehow think you can't.

[oxfordstu]