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juliajohansen
Joined: 13 Sep 2010
Location: Seoul, Korea
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 Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:34 pm Post subject: Seoul Metro commuter card |
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I just found out about this and wanted to share the information.
If you ride the metro in Seoul quite often, you should get a commuter card.
Cost: 39,000
Rides: 60 within 30 days
You break even if you ride it 44 times.
This card does NOT work on the bus, nor with taxis--it is solely for the metro, and ONLY within Seoul.
You must get the commuter card from an attendant, but once you have it, you fill it in the regular machines--it's the option on the far left of the first screen (1st option--1 way ride, 2nd--refill TMoney card, 3rd--refill commuter card).
I live and work in Seoul and this is going to save me a bunch of money. Just wanted to pass along the information. |
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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juliajohansen
Joined: 13 Sep 2010
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you so much! I tried searching for this before I posted, but I couldn't find anything. |
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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No problem. I use the card myself and, like you, just want to pass on the savings  |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| It only works in Seoul? So what, if you take the subway from Sadang to Seoul Grand Park it doesn't work? |
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Jane
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:12 am Post subject: |
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| Does this pass work on line no.9? |
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juliajohansen
Joined: 13 Sep 2010
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:48 am Post subject: |
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This is the information from the other thread:
| s4yunkim wrote: |
Hi everyone,
My name is Chris from the Seoul Global Center, and I wanted to shed some light on what a 정기 승차권 (jeong-gi seung-cha-gwon), or a Seoul Metro Pass is.
The Seoul Metro Pass was created to be a discounted and more convenient way for commuters to get to and from work every day. The card is tapped against the readers on the turnstiles in subway stations in the same way that T-Money, eB, and other transit cards are, but the catch is that they can only be used on the Seoul Subway, (they cannot be used on busses or taxies).
Here's what it looks like:
http://seoulcityblog.com/pics/seungchagwon.jpg
The card itself costs 2,500 won, and works similar to a T-Money or eB card. They can be purchased from a customer service counter in most of the bigger stations, (think Yongsan, Seoul Station, etc), but they are often available in the smaller ones as well. When you buy it, (or if you have one), you can take it the attendant or activate it at a transit card �recharge� machine.
*Not all of the �recharge� machines are equipped to activate the metro passes, but the one I use looks like this:
http://seoulcityblog.com/pics/scgrecharge.jpg
Rather than �recharging� the card with a certain amount of credit before use, the metro pass works by determining the distance of the farthest trip you will be taking, and paying for a month�s worth of trips in advance.
The �activation� is good for 30 days from the day it was activated. During this month, you are allowed 60 trips on the subway, which evens out to around 2 trips a day for a month.
There are two kinds of pricing methods for the Seoul Metro Pass:
For those who will only be traveling inside Seoul proper, you can �activate� your card for 39,600 won. This will allow you to take up to 60 trips on the subway in Seoul within the 30 day period.
For those who will be traveling to the suburbs, or further down the subway line to another city, pricing is set by the longest trip you will be going on, and ranges from 39,600 won to 89,800 won. The pricing plans for the Metro Pass are as follows:
From your starting point within Seoul, if your destination is
Trip Distance - Price
Up to 20km - 39,600
25 - 44,900
30 - 48,600
35 - 52,400
40 - 56,100
50 - 59,800
60 - 63,600
70 - 67,300
80 - 71,100
90 - 74,800
100 - 78,500
110 - 82,300
Over 120km - 89,800
As an example, someone who goes from Suwon Station to City Hall Station in the morning, and takes the same trip back, will pay 1,600 won for each trip; 3,200 won per day. Let�s say that in a given month they go to work 5 days a week for 4 weeks, which is 20 days.
3,200 won per day X 20 days = 64,000 won per month, with a T-money card. The cost of a month on the metro pass for the distance of Suwon <-> City Hall (42.6km) is 59,800 won, so they would save a little over 4,000 on their work commute, and still have 20 subway trips to use on other trips.
The metro pass is not always the best choice, but can be economical if you have to commute to work, or end up taking the subway a lot. You can use Seoul Metro�s Subway Line map tool:
http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/station/eng/linemap.action
to find out exactly how far your trip is and how much the cost of a monthly metro pass will cost.
Hope that helps!
Check out a lot of similar articles at http://www.seoulcityblog.com !
For any other questions related to living in Seoul, contact the Seoul Global Center at (02) 2075-4138, or email us at [email protected].
Chris Kim
Senior English Editor, Seoul Global Center |
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