---

＜Korean National Railroad (KORAIL)＞
A ticket is valid only for specific train. It means all seats are reserved unless local trains or urban services around Seoul. But this means also you have to take a ticket in advance. Generally booking counters are very busy so alert to take a ticket.
You can get a latest timetable at a Kiosk or major bookstores. It contains also informations on buses and aircrafts.

Korea National Railroad (KORAIL) has offered 4 types train services as follows : A Pidulgi service was abolished in 1998.
Saemaul : Super express trains on mainlines such as Seoul-Pusan, Seoul-Kuwangju. It takes about 4h10m-4h30m between Seoul and Pusan (about 450km:280 miles long). Semaul means "a new village"
Mugunghwa : Express trains next to Semaul, about 5 hours between Seoul and Pusan. Fares are about two-thirds of Semaul. Mugunghwa is the national flower of Korea.
Tong-il : Rapid services on almost lines. about 5h40m between Seoul and Pusan. Fares are about two-thirds of Mugunghwa. Tong-il means "unification"
Pidulgi : Local trains. Fares are about half of Tong-il ( a fourth of Semaul) but little service. Pidulgi means "a dove"

---

<Subway>
Metro services are available in three cities:Seoul, Pusan, Taegu and Inc'hon.
Line No.2 is under construction in Pusan.
Line No.5 has opened in Seoul so you can take subways from Kimpo International Airport to city center changing trains to Line No.2 at Chungionno.
All trains except Line No.1 runs on the right-hand side.
Photographing is prohibited underground.
Subway services will be changed so often: a new line opening or closed partly for improvement. So your guidebook might be out of date. I advise you to take a free paper such as Escourt Seoul at a airport or hotels as soon as you arrive at Seoul.
　

---

＜Seoul station＞
Whether you take a train or not, I suggest to visit Seoul station. There is a shopping center on the third floor (the second in British style...). You can get reasonable souvenirs of Korea such as foods, toys, clothes, stationery and so on.