浅谈首尔地铁 Brief Seoul Metro System

首尔地铁系统之庞大，绝对是台湾和新加坡不能比的。（我没说本国，因为我们只有轻快铁，却没有真正的地铁。我也不知道别的国家如何。）从1号线到9号线，外加铁路、国铁等等，其中转换站之多真可谓叹为观止。虽然是如此错综复杂，我相信身为背包客的我们在用了几次后一定是易如反掌的。基本上，你必须知道你要前往的转换站（有颜色和号码可认，千万别去认那圆方文字。）和方向（方向通常以最后一张为准）。我们就试过走到了相反方向的月台（以为看颜色就可以了），结果要多走十分钟才去到对面的月台，累！
The Seoul Metro train system is so big that singapore and taiwan cannot compete. (I didn't mention our country because we only have LIGHT train but not the real metro train. of course i also dunno whether other country maybe bigger) From line 1 to line 9, plus railway, etc and the quantity of interchange is awesome. Although it is so complicated, I believe you can handle after few trips. Basically, you need to know the destination (you can memorize the color and number but never the square round character) and direction (normally will show you the last stop). We tried walk to the opposite side of platform (tot only see the color will do) and it took us more than 10 minutes to go to the right platform, TIRED!!

首尔市的所有主要旅游景点，一般只要单程1000Won，非常便宜。我们没去买T-Money，好像抵押就要7500Won了，而且没得拿回。除非你是长住在首尔才值得。
很多旅游书都写了景点/餐馆的地铁出口站，这是因为不同出口的相距可以蛮远的，韩国是有很多地下街的（其中最出名的就是会贤地下街）。不过其实也不需要死背强记的，你只需要知道地铁站名和大概位置，参考一下每个站的地图板就可以了。
The Main attraction place in seoul can reach by Metro train, normally it will cost you 1000Won, quite cheap. We didn't buy T-Money,  I heard you need to put 7500 non-refund deposit. It worth only you stay long in seoul.
Manny travel book mentiond the Exit number for attraction or restaurant, this is because it can be quite distance for different Exit. Korea also has lot of underground shopping street (The famous one is hyeohyeong shopping street). But you no really need to memorize it, you just got to remember the name of train station and location of the place, then you refer the map in every station.

我个人觉得找餐馆是最难的，几乎本地餐馆都只有圆圆方方的招牌，外面看进去也不知道什么东东。在明洞找全州中央饭馆就找到迷路兼脚残，景福宫附近的土俗村参鸡汤也是一开始就走错路。最后就是，我觉得韩国人超爱走路的，到处都是楼梯，如果你是拿着一大堆行李，我看你死没。。哈哈。而且不论什么地方，都很少椅子让人休息（我想本国可以骄傲一下了，我们的椅子绝对多过人家）。
Personally I found looking for restaurant based on book is most difficult, almost all local restaurant only contains round-square character, you won't know it from outside. We tried to look for CheongZhou restaurant in Myeong-dong and get lost and walk till legs broken, The one famous ginseng chicken soup nearby GyeongBok palace also took us many time. Lastly I feel that korean really love walking, staircase everywhere. If you walking with your big bunch of luggage, I not sure whether you still alive after that.. haha. No matter where, you hardly see the chair for resting. (I think our country can be proud now, our chair is definitely more than them)

地铁站的储物箱，红色是有人用了，蓝色是空的。
The locker in train station. Red means occupied, blue means free.

外貌很整齐的。没地方寄放行李又想到处乱逛，这是最好的选择了。
quite tidy. If no place to put your luggage and you like to shopping around, this is the best choice.

买票的机器，有日语/英语/中文。
ticket vending machine, has japan/english/chinese.

选一次性票（全程），再选目的地的英文名或用地图搜索，最后是票的数目。
buy one time ticket (full route), and select your destination or search by map, then choose the quantity.

这是地铁站纵切图，方便你知道出口方向和换车路线。
The map of train station for you to know the location and line.

这是从黎泰院去药水站转3号线的简图。也表示你站对了月台。
This is from itaewon to yaksu station also mean we are in the right platform.

注：地铁站号的第一个字母就是线路号。比如424明洞就是在4号线。
        还有就是从地铁站出来，可以把票退回拿你的500Won抵押金。
Note: The first number or character is the train line number. Example 424 means myeong-dong is at line 4.
          You may also get back your ticket deposit when come out from station i.e. 500Won.


一般景点的地铁站如下：
1. 景福宫(GyeongBok palace)-光华门站(Guanghwamun station)
2. 仁寺洞、北村、宗庙、昌德宫和昌庆宫(Insa-dong, bukchon, chongmyo, cheongdeok palace & cheonggyeong place)-安国站(Anguk station)
3. 德寿宫(Deoksu palace)-市政厅站(City hall)
4. 明洞(Myeong-dong)-明洞站(Myeong-dong)，乙支路1街站(Eujilro-il 1 ga station)
5. N首尔塔(N. Seoul tower)-明洞站(Myeong-dong)
6. 南山谷韩屋村、南山公园(Namsan traditional house & Namsan park)-忠武路站(Chongmuro station)
7. 东大门(Dongdaemun)-东大门站(Dongdaemum station)
8. 大学路(University road)-惠化站(Hyeohwa station)
9. 首尔动物园(Seoul zoo)-大公园站(Grand park station)
10. Coex Mall、Seven Luck Casino-三成站(Samseng station)
11. 南大门(Namdaemun)、会贤地下街(hyeohyeong street)-会贤站(hyeohyeong station)

忘了放一张地铁图，请点这里！建议随身携带，帮了我不少忙。
Opps! forget to put a Metro train route map, please click here! Suggest to bring along, it did help me a lot.

下一篇，Jongnowon Motel和初邂秋枫。
The next, Jongnowon Motel and first glance of autumn.