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[JediMindTrick]

Hello,

I was thinking about taking a position in Asan, though my girlfriend is going to be living in Seoul. Would it be a bit crazy of me to commute daily via the KTX? I heard it takes about 30min from Seoul Station to Asan, is this accurate? Also, does anyone know how much it would cost? I remember it costing about 50,000 per way from Changwon to Seoul, but that was about a 3 hour ride with one change.

I also haven't really been able to find a great deal of info about Asan either, whats it like? From what I gather its pretty quiet....

[tzechuk]

Yeah it's doable. Depending where in Asan you are teaching. Your total commute time may be around 1 hour or 1 hour 20 mins door to door.

If you are teaching at a university, you should be able to get a uni discount during the week, which gives you somewhere around 25% off norma fare.

For Daejeon, a single ticket during the week sets me back 14-16K, depending on time. Peak times are more expensive, of course.

I *think* for Cheonan-Asan it's around 10K per trip with discount.

[jpotter78]

[JediMindTrick]

Cheers for the reply. That doesn't sound too bad really, considering it costs me the equivalent of 9,000 won for a return 5 minute bus ride to work here in the UK!