Seoul-si subway pass

[jkang]

This is just to help some of the teachers in Seoul that take the subway to work everyday.

There is a subway card called 정기권 (jeong-gi-gwon) and it is for people who take the subway more than 60 times a month. It is 2500won for the card and you recharge 60 rides within Seoul for 39,600 for 30 days. If you ride the subway but not the bus, this can be helpful.

Since its 900won per ride for the basic charge, if you ride the subway 60 times, it is 54,000 won. (if you go more than the basic distance you pay even more). the 정기권 comes out to be about 660won per ride. you save a little extra money.

I noticed that many teachers don't know about this and i know many don't need it because their school is so close but, if you have to take the subway to get to school, like me, then this could be helpful. And, if you decide you want to go to the other side of seoul, its no extra charge, as long as you are in Seoul (you can't go to bundang or ilsan with the card). Do the math and see if it is right for you!

[rachelshaeh]

oooh this would work for incheon too right since it's all kinda the same thing? awesome

[murakano121]

any idea if you can transfer to the bus with this (like T-money)?

And how/where do you get it?

[jkang]

ok so the 39,600 i was talking about is Seoul-only. from what i hear, there is an extra charge to include incheon, ilsan, bundang.. and all the gyeonggido areas.

Unfortunately, you can't transfer to the bus.. so if you take the bus too, then its probably cheaper to just use t-money.

You can just ask for it at the office in any subway station. say "jeonggigwon ju sae yo."

[ironopolis]

This is just to help some of the teachers in Seoul that take the subway to work everyday.

There is a subway card called 정기권 (jeong-gi-gwon) and it is for people who take the subway more than 60 times a month. It is 2500won for the card and you recharge 60 rides within Seoul for 39,600 for 30 days. If you ride the subway but not the bus, this can be helpful.

Since its 900won per ride for the basic charge, if you ride the subway 60 times, it is 54,000 won. (if you go more than the basic distance you pay even more). the 정기권 comes out to be about 660won per ride. you save a little extra money.

I noticed that many teachers don't know about this and i know many don't need it because their school is so close but, if you have to take the subway to get to school, like me, then this could be helpful. And, if you decide you want to go to the other side of seoul, its no extra charge, as long as you are in Seoul (you can't go to bundang or ilsan with the card). Do the math and see if it is right for you!

This will probably be a useful suggestion for a number of people, I'd imagine. In fact, a lot of Koreans don't know about the 정기권.

I was, however, under the impression that the W39,600 one was only for subway use up to a distance of 20km and that the cost goes up if you want one that you can use for longer distances. I think the next stage was up to 25km for about 45,000, about 49,000 for 30km and so on up to 80 odd thousand for up to some distance over 100km.

Also, AFAIK, the answer to Murakano's question is no, you can't use it on the bus. And therefore, obviously, the transfer discount that you get with a t-money card wouldn't apply.

I'm sure it's a good idea for some people, but I'd second the OP's suggestion to do the maths carefully and work out if it's good for you or not.

[jkang]

This will probably be a useful suggestion for a number of people, I'd imagine. In fact, a lot of Koreans don't know about the 정기권.

I was, however, under the impression that the W39,600 one was only for subway use up to a distance of 20km and that the cost goes up if you want one that you can use for longer distances. I think the next stage was up to 25km for about 45,000, about 49,000 for 30km and so on up to 80 odd thousand for up to some distance over 100km.

Also, AFAIK, the answer to Murakano's question is no, you can't use it on the bus. And therefore, obviously, the transfer discount that you get with a t-money card wouldn't apply.

I'm sure it's a good idea for some people, but I'd second the OP's suggestion to do the maths carefully and work out if it's good for you or not.

They don't really advertise it much. a co-teacher mentioned it and i had to search a lot online to find anything.

But,, there are two kinds of 정기권. (its one card but you change the settings when you recharge it.)
one is the seoul-only (서울시전용 or 수도권전용), the other is for seoul and gyeonggido. the distance thing applies to the latter. if you just pay the 39,600 you don't have to worry about distance as long as you are in seoul-si. Although incheon, ilsan, bundang.. are all on the seoul subway lines, they are not seoul, therefore you will have to pay the extra distance fees.  In seoul, however, you can go from macheon to banghwa, which would normally cost me 1600won would still only be one ride on the 정기권.

[ironopolis]

This will probably be a useful suggestion for a number of people, I'd imagine. In fact, a lot of Koreans don't know about the 정기권.

I was, however, under the impression that the W39,600 one was only for subway use up to a distance of 20km and that the cost goes up if you want one that you can use for longer distances. I think the next stage was up to 25km for about 45,000, about 49,000 for 30km and so on up to 80 odd thousand for up to some distance over 100km.

Also, AFAIK, the answer to Murakano's question is no, you can't use it on the bus. And therefore, obviously, the transfer discount that you get with a t-money card wouldn't apply.

I'm sure it's a good idea for some people, but I'd second the OP's suggestion to do the maths carefully and work out if it's good for you or not.

They don't really advertise it much. a co-teacher mentioned it and i had to search a lot online to find anything.

But,, there are two kinds of 정기권. (its one card but you change the settings when you recharge it.)
one is the seoul-only (서울시전용 or 수도권전용), the other is for seoul and gyeonggido. the distance thing applies to the latter. if you just pay the 39,600 you don't have to worry about distance as long as you are in seoul-si. Although incheon, ilsan, bundang.. are all on the seoul subway lines, they are not seoul, therefore you will have to pay the extra distance fees.  In seoul, however, you can go from macheon to banghwa, which would normally cost me 1600won would still only be one ride on the 정기권.

That sounds about right. I knew of its existence only because I had one in Japan (same hanja 定期券, albeit slightly different word tei-ki-ken) and one of my co-t's when I worked in Seoul mentioned that the same thing existed in the metropolitan area when it came up in conversation. (In Japan, it works differently in that there's a fixed start and finish point and you can use it as much as you like only between those 2 points.)

I never investigated the Seoul one much further because I used buses a lot and it wouldn't have been any use for me. I think there are cases when a 39,600 card can be used outside of Seoul city boundary but it just depends on the journey. Out of curiosity I just did a quick Daum search which led to a page confirming this, but it was from a few years back and I don't know if it's still valid.

Whatever, for someone who travels only by subway within Seoul and does so at least every work day, it surely has to be worth looking into.