Introducing Jeongseon
This remote, mountain-locked town can be visited on a one-carriage, gaily decorated train. Catch a train from Taebaek to Jeungsan (W4400, 35 minutes, 11 daily) and change to the Jeongseon line, which goes to Jeongseon (35 minutes) and on to the end of the line at Gujeolli (one hour). It’s one of the prettiest routes in Korea, with classic Gang·won-do scenes of densely wooded mountains and rivers bordered by terraced rice fields, vegetable gardens and orchards. Very occasionally there’ll be an ox pulling a plough, a scene from a previous era.
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Jeongseon train station is 2km from the town centre and the nearest yeogwan, so you may need to take a taxi (W1500) as there are not many buses. It’s another 2km from the town centre to the express bus terminal. Daewangjang is a typical old-fashioned yeogwan but a reasonable deal at W30, 000.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Seoul to Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do
by pskully 27 May 2010
According to the [Jeongseon-gun website|http://jeongseon.go.kr], you can take the train from Cheongryangri station (청량리역 지상) to Jeongseon…
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Seoul to Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do
by eliyesariffin 27 May 2010
Can someone please tell me how to travel by land with public transport to Jeongseon-gun from Seoul. I am traveling with two elementary…
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