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Korean subway manners and tips.

Hi, this is Loah’s dad.

Here are some good tips and manners for people traveling to Korea from abroad, as well as a look into our daily lives.

You may have learned a lot from YouTube or internet searches before coming to Korea, and when you finally come to Korea, there will be no inconvenience in traveling because there is good tourist information and facilities everywhere, but I think it will be more convenient and enjoyable to travel if a Korean person tells you useful information directly, so I created this site.

Today again!!! My wife is giving directions to someone on the road!

People ask us for directions every day when we’re on the road 😍😍

Today we’re going to talk about Korean subway manners, hidden features, and useful tips.

South Korea is a very technologically advanced and modernized country.

In particular, Seoul, the capital city, is known to many tourists as a developed city that retains its old culture.

In fact, I’ve been living in Korea for over 40 years, and even though I’m Korean, I’m still surprised at times hahahaha👍👍👍.

First of all, the Korean subway uses cards to enter and exit.

Many of you have already googled the basics, so here’s some information you may not know.

so I’ll give you some information that you might not know,

There is a separate gate next to the normal exit for people with disabilities and strollers.
It will recognize your card and open when it makes the normal sound, but some foreigners who don’t know this sometimes try to squeeze through the regular little door.

Korean subways are very safe, with screen doors on most platforms.

They are also equipped with a system that can be opened manually in case of emergency, which is very good.

When I was younger, I witnessed accidents when there were no screen doors.

I’m so happy that I don’t have any now.

Oh, and some of the screen doors have a handicap sign like that, which means they don’t have a chair, but a place for a wheelchair, which can also be useful for people with strollers.

But don’t forget that wheelchairs come first!

I’m so proud of how fast my country is developing.

((Hello Loah on Photos~))

There are some Koreans who won’t move out of the way of a wheelchair with a huge bag like the one pictured.

But don’t worry, most of them don’t.

And actually that’s not even the spot where the stroller is supposed to be!

This is something that even Koreans don’t know about.

If you look at where we were just now, there’s a wireless charger like that.

It’s free.

You can put your phone on there and it will charge automatically.

Of course! It must be a phone that supports wireless charging, right?

If the red light is on, it’s charging, if the green light is on, it’s charging, and if the red light is blinking too much, it’s an error.

This is a really useful tip, don’t you think?

If you look at the left side of the picture, you can see that the three major Korean telecommunications companies, SK, KT, and LG, are providing strong free Wi-Fi, and at the bottom, the room temperature is automatically measured to make the room comfortable.

In Korean, it says “약냉방칸”, which means that the air conditioning is weak here.

Everyone feels cold differently, so if you feel cold from the air conditioner, you can go there.

Korea has so many metro lines that even Koreans can’t memorize all the stations, so they check the internet or an app every time they go.

You can really go anywhere in the metropolitan area, the Korean train is amazing.

In the photo above, you can see all the subway information in a spider web, and on the other side you can see the map of the subway you’re on, like this.

If you look closely at the photo below, you can see my destination, but there is important information here that many people don’t know.

If you look closely, you can see that some stations circle are yellow and some are white.

It varies from train to train, but yellow means that the train will open the right door and white means that the train will open the left door.

That’s good to know.

And of course, the colors in the direction of the arrows are the numbers of other trains you can transfer to, right?

At the top, the door to the pre-arrival sign will light up in the direction of the arrow.

By default, it will tell you the name of your next stop and where you are going.

In the center of the city, there are many young people, but if you go a little further out, there are many older people.

The far end of every train car in Korea is reserved for the elderly, pregnant women, and other vulnerable people, so avoid those seats.

Oh, and it’s not shown in the picture, but sometimes there are two pink-colored seats in the middle, and they are for pregnant women.

People don’t like it when you sit there even though you don’t know many people hahahaha😁😁😁.

When getting off, you will need to lift the front wheels of the stroller slightly.

It depends on the station, but sometimes there is a risk of the wheels coming off slightly if there is a wide gap between the train and the station.

It’s not too dangerous, of course, but it’s good to know in advance

This one’s pretty close, so I don’t have to worry about losing a wheel.

Oh, and those 4-4 numbers on the boarding side are important for later transfers, or in case of emergency, you can say the numbers to speed up the process.

For example, if you’re on the 3 line and need to transfer to the 1 line at Jongno 3-ga, you can get on the number 2-4 , which is closer. Like this!

Now you can get off the metro and take the stairs or escalator,

strollers and wheelchairs can take the elevator.

Sometimes there are able-bodied people on board,

you should use the escalator if possible.

As shown in the photo, if there are a lot of people with suitcases, it is recommended to use the escalator whenever possible.

Of course, if you have too much luggage, it’s not an option.

That area is for people with limited mobility, such as strollers and people with disabilities.

An elevator rarely goes all the way up to the turnstile in one trip.

You have to go up one or two floors and change to another elevator from there.

And in Korea, as you can see in the photo, there are very good restrooms along the way.

There are several reasons why you might need to change elevators.

One is because you need to transfer from line 3 to line 4, and there’s also the card issue.

When you get out after taking the card, there are detailed maps and signs everywhere like this.

Usually if you go to a place with a lot of people, it’s mostly a tourist spot hahahaha👍👍.

There’s also a place to store your luggage, but I don’t use it that much.

You have to install and use a dedicated app.

It’s neat and well done, but,

the average Korean rarely uses it.

There’s plenty of signage to help you find your way around.

If you have a stroller or heavy luggage, you may need to use the escalators or elevators,

There are usually one to two elevators and one to three escalators.

If there are stairs in the direction I need to go,

unfortunately, I’ll have to take the other elevator up and then cross the signal at ground level.

It’s really not that hard, there are signs everywhere.

And you hear a lot of people say that Koreans have angry faces.

However, when you ask real Koreans, their faces immediately change from angry to friendly and they are very helpful.

Especially with our family, many people ask us for directions and locations.

Today alone, they asked us twice haha😎😎😎.

When you come out like this, you can see which exit you took, and there will probably be various signs next to it.

And if it’s a tourist spot with a lot of people, there are about 2 professional interpreters.

((This is my personal story, but this is Namsan Hanok Village, and there is no escalator or elevator at exit 4, so if you look at the photo, my wife is coming up by elevator with Roa at exit 6 across the street on the left! Still, Korean subway is so amazing.))

Today, we’ve covered the manners and tips for the Korean subway(metro).

If you have any more questions, please leave them in the comments and I’ll try to answer them.

We’ve been to Bukchon Hanok Village and
Namsan Hanok Village
I’ll give you that information as well.
the next story.
Bye!