Being a typical Singaporean (being kiasu), I decided to purchase the train tickets the very first day we arrive in Seoul (just in case we are not able to get the timing that we wanted). The benefit of purchasing the train ticket in advance is that you don't have to worry about not getting your preferred time slot. Once we arrive in Incheon Airport, we took AREX to Seoul Station. From Seoul station we had to transfer to Line 4 before we can get to Myeong Dong.
On the way to take the train to Myeong Dong, you will walk pass the ticketing office. There are also several ticketing machines available to purchase the train tickets. However, after playing around with the ticketing machine, we decided that it would be safer to join the queue at the ticketing office (because we read from some of the forums that the staff at the ticketing office can understand and speak simple english).
Such a long queue at the ticketing office.....
On the day of travel, please be sure to arrive early because the train waits for no one. Once you arrive at Seoul Station, look out for the train schedule. It will indicate the timing of the trains and the boarding platform.
We saw this and were surprised that no one checked our tickets!
Before you go down to the boarding platform, there are some stores selling food. (only managed to take a picture of one of the stores)
Once you get down to the boarding platform, proceed to the train car indicated on the KTX train ticket.
And so, we arrived in Busan approximately 120 minutes later.
For more details on KTX, pls visit http://info.korail.com/2007/eng/eng_index.jsp
Hi, may I ask if the ktx normal seats have enough space to put luggage?
ReplyDeleteMy friends and I are thinking of taking the normal seating of ktx but we are worried that there is not enough space to put 4 big (around 23") luggage size.