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Reporter Kwon Ae-ri's friendly economic time.

Reporter Kwon, originally today (2nd) and tomorrow were the days to book train tickets for the Chuseok holiday, but it was suddenly postponed, right?



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Yes.

If you have set an alarm and wake up early to succeed in today's online reservation, I hope you can comfortably start your day today.



Korea Railroad changed the reservation schedule last night.

Originally, online reservations for Chuseok train tickets were scheduled to start from 7 o'clock, a little later, but it will be delayed after a week.

The same applies to all trains of the Mugunghwa, Saemaeul, and Korean Railroads as well as KTX.



The reservations for these trains on the six lines you see now, including the Gyeongbu Line that were originally scheduled to be booked today, are on the 8th of next Tuesday.

Six days to be exact.

Not Wednesday, but next Tuesday, I hope you don't get confused.



The 8 routes, including Honam and Jeolla Line, which were about to open the ticket window tomorrow, can be booked on the 9th and Wednesday of next week.



I told you why this change was made last week, but originally this year's plan was to remove only the standing votes considering the corona.



I was going to fill all the seats where I could sit down.

Then, about 330,000 seats per day can be provided during the Chuseok holiday.



However, although Chuseok is still one month away, the plan was changed to fill only window seats in order to do more to prevent the re-proliferation of the corona.

This year's holiday train is only half full.

Only the window seats are filled for social distancing.



The number of train seats available for returning home and returning home during the holiday season is reduced to about half, and about 160,000 seats per day.

In this case, I had to work on the reservation system again, so I decided to postpone next week.



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By the way, haven't the seniors and the handicapped finished the 1st reservation yesterday?

How are these guys going?



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have decided to accept all tickets of those who made reservations yesterday.

Yesterday was a separate reservation for the vulnerable, so only 199,000 seats, which is 10% of the time when we tried to fill the seats, were allocated, of which only 31,000 seats were reserved.



Even if the seats are opened halfway during the Chuseok holiday, the size is not that large compared to the total passenger traffic.

Yesterday I decided to admit all reservations.



However, even those who made reservations yesterday can't get tickets this week.

The ticketing period was also delayed by a week at a time.

So next week, tickets will be issued from the afternoon of the 9th when all tickets are sold during the Chuseok holiday season.



No other reservation tips have changed.

I decided not to change the number of train tickets I can buy, up to 6 one way and 12 round trips.

Same as the original plan.

The number of seats has been cut in half.



Trains, like multi-child households, have to meet the needs of those who cannot travel with one car, so we decided not to reduce the number of tickets that can be booked per person.



So, although it is expected that the number of returning passengers for trains, including KTX, will decrease during Chuseok this year, it is more likely that the usual competition for reservations will remain the same.

The number of seats has been cut in half, and the number of tickets that can be reserved per person remains the same.



It seems quite likely that this year will close as soon as the ticket window opens in the morning.

It is better to practice once in advance on the website dedicated to Chuseok Pyo tickets and enter the actual game.



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Reporter Kwon told me to have some comfort, but it may feel like the exam has been postponed for a week.

And since last night, in the metropolitan area, eating at a table in front of a convenience store was banned?



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Yes.

All restaurants and taverns have to close after 9pm, but it's not unfair to be allowed to sit at the convenience store's snack table and drink and eat ramen.



It's also a bit against the purpose of preventing re-proliferation by making sure to keep a short and bold social distance this week.

So, from last night, you can't eat and drink at convenience stores in the metropolitan area after 9pm.



It is possible to turn convenience meals in the microwave or pour water into cup noodles, but the quarantine authorities are asking you not to do this if you can.



Banks in the metropolitan area also cut their business hours by an hour.

It starts at 9:30 30 minutes late in the morning and closes at 3:30 30 minutes early in the afternoon.



It was only yesterday the first day it was implemented, so it opened at 9 o'clock.

From today, you must be past 9:30 to enter right away.



Savings banks and securities company branches in the metropolitan area are just open from 9 am to 4 pm.

It is better to check out the branches of the mutual financial sector and walk.

It is decided autonomously for each branch.