Will the Fierce Ticketing Competition Ease? Up to 17,000 More Seats Available

The Chuseok holiday is just around the corner.

As the holiday approaches, the fierce competition for train ticket reservations—often dubbed a national ticketing war—is already heating up.

However, there is news that the reservation competition might ease somewhat starting this Chuseok.

This is because KTX and SRT will integrate on the 1st of next month, increasing the supply of high-speed rail seats.

By optimizing train operations that previously suffered from inefficiencies due to fragmented management, it has become possible to deploy trains more densely along the same routes.

An average of about 15,000 seats will be added on weekdays, and about 17,000 seats on weekends.

By route, the Gyeongbu Line will see the largest increase, with about 6,900 additional seats on weekends.

Seats will increase by 9% on the Donghae Line and 9.2% on the Jeolla Line, based on weekends.

Chuseok train ticket reservations are scheduled to begin early next month.

This is expected to face its first major test as to whether the increased seats can adequately meet the demand.
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