KTX·SRT 한 앱으로 예매…'코레일+' 8월 3일 출시
KTX and SRT in One App: Korail+ Launches August 3
Part of the August 2, 2026 daily edition
8월 3일 오전 9시부터 KTX와 SRT를 ‘코레일+’ 앱 하나로 예매할 수 있게 됩니다. ’코레일+’는 새로 만든 앱이 아니라, 지금 쓰는 KTX 예매 앱 ’코레일톡’을 업데이트해서 쓰는 것입니다. 9월 1일부터 다니는 열차의 표는 8월 5일 오전 10시부터 ’코레일+’와 코레일 홈페이지에서만 살 수 있습니다. 9월부터는 KTX와 SRT 열차를 함께 운행하면서 평일에는 하루에 좌석이 1만 5000석 늘어납니다. 요금도 지금의 KTX 요금보다 평균 10% 낮아집니다. 낸 돈의 5%를 마일리지로 쌓아 주는 혜택은 SRT를 탈 때도 받을 수 있게 됩니다.
Translation
From 9 a.m. on August 3, you will be able to book both KTX and SRT trains in a single app, '코레일+' (Korail+). Korail+ is not a newly built app: it is the KTX booking app people already use, '코레일톡' (Korail Talk), which you simply update and keep using. Tickets for trains running from September 1 can be bought only on Korail+ and on the Korail website, starting at 10 a.m. on August 5. From September, KTX and SRT trains will be run together, and on weekdays the number of seats will grow by 15,000 a day. Fares will also be an average of 10% lower than current KTX fares. And the benefit that gives you back 5% of what you pay as mileage points will now be available on SRT trains too.
Vocabulary
- 예매하다동사 (verb)to book (a ticket) in advance
- 열차명사 (noun)train
- 운행하다동사 (verb)to run, to operate (a train or bus service)
- 평일명사 (noun)weekday
- 좌석명사 (noun)seat
- 요금명사 (noun)fare, charge
- 마일리지명사 (noun)mileage points (loyalty points)
- 혜택명사 (noun)benefit, perk
- 업데이트하다동사 (verb)to update (an app or program)
Grammar points
-게 되다to come to ~, to end up ~
Attached to a verb stem, -게 되다 says that a situation changes and something becomes the case, usually because of circumstances rather than the speaker's own decision. In the article it appears as -(으)ㄹ 수 있게 되다, 'to become able to ~': something that was not possible before now is.
Example: 회사가 이사해서 저는 지하철로 다니게 됐습니다.
The company moved, so I ended up commuting by subway.
-는 것the act of ~ing (nominaliser)
-는 것 turns a verb into a noun phrase, like English '~ing' or 'the thing that ~'. Use -는 것 for present actions and -(으)ㄴ 것 for past ones. Ending a sentence with -는 것입니다 explains what something really is or amounts to.
Example: 제 취미는 주말에 기차를 타는 것입니다.
My hobby is riding trains on weekends.
-(으)면서as, while (two things at once)
-(으)면서 links two things that happen at the same time. With one subject it means 'while doing A, B' (음악을 들으면서 공부합니다). In news style the two clauses often have different subjects, and then it means 'as A happens, B changes' — which is how the article uses it.
Example: 비가 오면서 기온이 크게 떨어졌습니다.
As the rain came, the temperature dropped sharply.
-아/어 주다to do something for someone
Added to a verb stem, -아/어 주다 shows that the action is done for someone's benefit. Use -아 주다 after ㅏ/ㅗ vowels and -어 주다 elsewhere; 하다 becomes 해 주다. It works for people and, as in the article, for companies or services acting on the customer's behalf.
Example: 친구가 기차표를 대신 예매해 주었습니다.
My friend booked the train ticket for me.
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