Textbook서울에서 부산까지 KTX 표를 구매하고 싶습니다seo-ul-e-seo bu-san-kka-ji KTX pyo-reul gu-mae-ha-go sip-seup-ni-daI would like to purchase a KTX ticket from Seoul to Busan
Real서울에서 부산 KTX 한 장이요seo-ul-e-seo bu-san KTX han jang-i-yoOne KTX to Busan from Seoul please🏷️ Any casual setting
At the ticket counter, just state the route + number of tickets. 한 장 = one ticket. 두 장 = two. No need for full sentences — they'll ask you the details.
KTX & train vocabulary
Booking conversation
다음 부산행 몇 시예요?When's the next one to Busan?
창측으로 주세요Window seat please
왕복으로 할게요Round-trip please
학생 할인 돼요?Is there a student discount?
이 열차 몇 번 승강장이에요?Which platform for this train?
Most people book KTX on the 코레일톡 (Korail Talk) app now. But knowing counter Korean helps when the app crashes during 추석 (Chuseok) or 설날 (Lunar New Year) booking wars.
KTX booking during holidays (추석, 설날) is a bloodsport. Tickets sell out in seconds. Koreans call it 티켓팅 (ticketing). Strategy: 1) Open the app exactly at sale time. 2) Have multiple devices. 3) Accept standing tickets (입석) as backup. 4) Try SRT (the other high-speed rail) too.
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