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Binch Lover
Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 11:41 pm Post subject: Seoul-Incheon Canal Ferry? |
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According to this article, ferries are due to start running from the Seoul (Gimpo) end of the new Seoul-Incheon canal to islands in the West Sea.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/05/113_111578.html
Does anyone have more info on this? It would make trips to the islands much easier! |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Intriguing. A Naver search pulled up this web site about ferry service on the canal [url]araterminal.co.kr[/url]. It's all in Korean only, but from poking around on the site, it looks like now they only have ferries running from the Kimpo Terminal to the Incheon Terminal, and once per evening to the Incheon Passenger Ferry Terminal in Dong-Incheon. (see 운항 아내 --> 운항시간표 for schedules). It takes an hour and 20 minutes to take that ferry from Kimpo to Incheon, and it costs W13,600 one way, and 3 hours to go from the Kimpo Terminal to the Incheon Passenger Ferry Terminal for W28,000. It would be faster and cheaper to take the subway, for now you'd be doing this purely for the novelty.
It looks like they have plans to extend their ferry service to Deokjeokdo and Ijakdo in the Yellow Sea, leaving from Yeouido. Being able to take a ferry directly from downtown Seoul to the beach on Deokjeokdo would be very cool indeed, but it looks like that's not quite ready just yet.
It still might be worth calling them at 02-3271-6900 to see if there's more information they haven't posted on their web site yet. Or you could always bug the KNTO about it at (area code) + 1330. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 5:46 am Post subject: |
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| The Lee Myung-bak government then pushed ahead under the theme �green economy,� which included paving the country�s major river banks. The Lee administration spent 2.24 trillion won ($1.96 billion) to build the canal and related infrastructure such as terminals at each end of the waterway in Gimpo and Incheon. |
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Binch Lover
Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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Son Deuro - thanks a lot. that was very useful.
northway - yeah, exactly. green economy my arse |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, see, it's bizarre enough a thing to do on its own, let alone that it was meant to be green somehow. |
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goreality
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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That quote is biased. Paving river banks means developing them. For the most part they were just cleaned up so boats can use them and there were bike and walking lanes added on the sides.
I don't see how allowing people to use rivers destroys them, it will keep us interested in preserving them. A lot of the work he did through the country is beautiful and the country's rivers have long been neglected.
I'm not a supporter of the canals (waste of money), but cleaning the rivers was a good idea. |
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northway
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| goreality wrote: |
That quote is biased. Paving river banks means developing them. For the most part they were just cleaned up so boats can use them and there were bike and walking lanes added on the sides.
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Okay, but in English "paving the river banks" means that the river's banks were paved, not that bike lanes were installed. I would say poorly written, not biased. |
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