Greeting from AREX :)
For travelers heading
overseas this coming winter,
this is how you can
buy tickets for the train and airport railroad, which will allow you to go from
the airport to the downtown area.
Let’s jump right into
it, shall we?
The Differences Between the Express Train and
the Standard Train
When heading out from the airport, there are
two types of trains you can take:
the Express Train and the Standard Train.
Let’s take a look at the differences between
each train.
The biggest difference is comfort and price.
The standard train is much cheaper compared
to the express train
(9000 KRW for adults), and it stops at all 14 stops.
The express train is a bit pricier than the
standard train,
but passengers can make use of services such
as reserved seating,
washrooms, and drinking water.
The most useful aspect of the express train
is that it allows passengers
to go directly to the airport from Seoul Station.
This has been a rundown of the main
differences between these 2 trains!
Now, we’ll take a closer look at the
advantages each train has to offer.
Using the Express Train
The
express train quickly connects Incheon International Airport and Seoul Station
without any stops in between. Unlike the standard train, the express train is a
high-class train that provides specialized services to customers.
Here,
customers can make use of services such as reserved seating, electric carts, a
cabin crew, and free Wi-Fi.
Using the Standard Train
The standard train comfortably connects to
the metropolitan area urban railway via 8 continuous transfer stations and
provides outstanding accessibility between Incheon Airport and downtown Seoul.
From Seoul Station, it takes 50 minutes to
get to Terminal 1 of Incheon Airport, and the price is 4150 KRW to Terminal 1
with a pre-paid transit card and 4750 to Terminal 2.
With its comparatively low price and high
number of transfer routes, this train is used frequently by many people daily.
How to Purchase Train Tickets
The
Standard Train allows passengers to utilize pre-paid transit cards
and single-use
transit cards or season transit tickets.
The transit cards
most commonly used by the majority of people are available for purchase at
convenience stores in train stations or at regular convenience stores.
Pre-paid transit
cards can be charged at automatic ticketing machines
in each station or at
convenience stores.
If you purchase a single-use transit card when using the
airport railroad
and metropolitan area urban railroad route, you will need to
pay a deposit fee (500 KRW),
which you can have returned to you at a deposit
fee refund machine
once you arrive at your destination.
For
the express train, passengers can purchase tickets
at the express
train customer service center or at a ticket machine.
The price is 9,000 KRW
for adults and 7,000 KRW for children.
When the ticket is
issued, there will be an extra deposit charged to you (500 KRW),
which you can
have returned to you when you arrive at your destination.
The ticket price is
higher than the standard train,
but there are also many types of discounts
available.
A group discount
will be applied if 3 or more people are using the train,
which brings the price
to 7,500 KRW per person.
There are also
other discounts available, such as the airline partnership discount,
return
coupon discount, and course discount, which will allow you
to purchase tickets
at low prices.
The airport railroad
will allow you to comfortably move around both the airport and the metropolitan
area. We wish you an enjoyable end-of-year trip.
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Great travels brought to you by AREX.
