Taking the subway in Seoul is quite easy to do. If you take a look at the whole network it seems to be quite unmanageable, but in detail you’ll find your way around very well. There are maps everywhere and fortunately the station names are written in latin alphabet as well. And there are station numbers which help. “127” is the 27th stop of line no. 1 and the following stations are indicated by numbers. Like this you can’t go the wrong direction – and don’t necessarily have to use the final station’s name for orientation.
A ride costs 900 won by using the rechargeable card or 1000 when buying the ticket at the counter. So far the trains had been quite empty and mostly I got a seat. Wonder how’s this going to be when I’ll be taking the subway to work in the mornings…
One tricky thing are the exits – one station can have up to ten. But if you feel like not being able to deal with that (like me walking up and down again several times ;o) – there are still the station maps which prevent you from getting totally lost at the end ;o)
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