KTX Family Card

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KTX Family Card is membership program and membership card of Korail. This card is issued by International Pass and Commerce, subsidiary of Korail.

Contents 1 History 2 Benefits 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

In 1980s, National Railroad Administration started to issue Railroad Membership Card. This membership card only has a membership number on it, and this type of card is widely used until 1998. In 1998, new menbership card with magnetic band and quick-ticket machine was introduced. Though quick-ticket machine has many benefits, this machine and new card was not came into wide use. Finally, in 2004, KTX Family Card with IC chip was introduced.

[edit] Benefits

• discount 5% of ticket fare
• save 3% of ticket fare as mileage (X-point)
• Mybi card service (X-cash, a part of standard transportation card system)
• electronical KTX train ticket (X-ticket)
• free admission for Railroad Museum, and KTX Family Lounge
• 5~20% discount at Bennigans, Pizza Hut, Java Coffee, Burger King in Seoul, and Busan Station

[edit] See also

• Mybi
• Korail

[edit] External links

• Official Homepage
• on-line reserve

edit Electronic fare collection systems
Americas	GTA Farecard (Toronto, Canada) - Multivia (Santiago, Chile) - Red Bus (Mendoza, Argentina)
- US	Breeze Card (Atlanta) - CharlieCard (Boston) - Chicago card (Chicago) - Go-To card (Minneapolis-St. Paul) - MetroCard (New York City) - SmarTrip (Washington, D.C.) - Translink (San Francisco Bay Area)
Europe	Andante (Porto) - Elektra (Budapest) - Le Pass (Bordeaux) - Luas Smartcard (Dublin) - NaviGO (Paris) - OV-Chipkaart (Netherlands)
- UK	EasyRider (Nottingham) - Oyster (London)
Asia	EasyCard (Taipei) - EZ-Link (Singapore) - Flash Pass (Manila) - Touch 'n Go (Malaysia)
- China	Octopus (Hong Kong) - SPTC (Shanghai) - Shenzhen TransCard (Shenzhen) - Yang Cheng Tong (Guangzhou radius) - Yikatong (Beijing)
- Japan	ICOCA (JR West) - Nagasaki Smart Card (Nagasaki) - PASMO - PiTaPa (Kansai region) - Suica (JR East)
- South Korea	Mybi·KTX Family Card - T-Money - Upass - Hanaro Card (Busan) - K-CASH (Chuncheon, Gimhae)
Australia	myki (Melbourne), SmartRider (Perth), Tcard (Sydney), TransLink (Brisbane)