By For those of you that regularly use the subway system in Seoul, the cost of a ticket is going to go up a little:
The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to raise public transportation fares by 150 won (US$0.13) next month to make up for rising deficits from transfer fee discounts and energy costs, officials said Wednesday.
The city government has come up with a proposal to raise bus and subway fares from 900 won to 1,150 won (traffic card fares for adult) next month, while freezing prices for students and children, officials said. [Yonhap]
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5:58 pm on January 25th, 2012 1
“while freezing prices for students and children”
But not for senior citizens? They are aware that it’s an election year, right?
6:13 pm on January 25th, 2012 2
“…plans to raise public transportation fares by 150 won…”
“…to raise bus and subway fares from 900 won to 1,150 won…”
Ummm… I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but isn’t that a 250 won increase?
8:47 pm on January 25th, 2012 3
Finally! This out to help keep some of the riff raff off public transportation.
8:48 pm on January 25th, 2012 4
2. Would have been cool to make everything 1000KRW. A nice round number. No change to deal with etc.
3:35 am on January 27th, 2012 5
#1 – senior citizens already can ride the subway for free…
5:12 am on January 27th, 2012 6
Jinro Dukkohbi wrote:
And that includes USFK civilian employees and dependents 65 years or older who are willing to go through the trouble of changing their A3 visa to an A2 visa. If they do so, they are eligible for the senior pass card program – which gets them, among other things, free rides on the subway.
7:03 am on January 27th, 2012 7
#6 – right on~~! Which makes me wonder…why did you include the whole ‘seniors left out’ comment at #2…??
9:59 am on January 27th, 2012 8
Huh? I didn’t write comment #2.
1:55 pm on January 27th, 2012 9
#8 – sorry – yet again another lesson why one should not post so quickly after a night of many beers…