Busan City to improve procedures for purchasing and issuing transportation cards for children

A transportation card for children incorporating the transfer discount system has been in existence since 2006 but there have been complaints about the inconvenience experienced when purchasing and issuing the card. Therefore, from September 1, the procedure will be improved to make it more convenient.

According to the new procedure, the transportation card for children can be purchased at any Busan Bank, charging station or general shop. In addition, a used children’s card can now be passed down to younger siblings.

To use the card, registration is required by presentation of some valid form of identification, showing the names and birth dates of children, along with the transportation card, at any Busan Bank. If an expired and unregistered children’s card is used, the youth fare will automatically be charged. Use of the transportation card by anyone other than children will incur a fine equal to 30 times the original fare.

The transportation card for children is only for children aged between 6 and 12. When the children reach 13, they will automatically be charged the youth fare. Some 94,000 transportation cards for children were produced in 2009 and they were used about 9 million times a year.

source:Korea.net