'The Gyeonggi Pass Implemented in May'... Gyeonggi-do Offers Public Transportation Discounts Nationwide

Comparison between Gyeonggi-do's The Gyeonggi Pass and Seoul City's Climate Companion Card

Gyeonggi Province will implement ‘The Gyeonggi Pass’ starting in May, which refunds a portion of transportation costs when Gyeonggi residents use any public transportation nationwide.

On the 21st, Gyeonggi Province announced that since the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s K-Pass, originally scheduled for July, will be launched two months earlier in May, ‘The Gyeonggi Pass’ will also be implemented from May. The Gyeonggi Pass is a policy linked with the K-Pass that provides additional benefits to Gyeonggi residents on top of the benefits offered by the K-Pass.

The K-Pass refunds 20% of monthly public transportation costs (30% for youth aged 19-34, 53% for low-income groups) when public transportation is used between 15 and 60 times per month.

The Gyeonggi Pass differs by expanding the K-Pass’s monthly 60-ride limit to unlimited and extending the youth refund eligibility from ages 19-34 to 19-39.

Unlike Seoul’s Climate Companion Card, which excludes intercity buses and the Shinbundang Line, The Gyeonggi Pass includes all nationwide public transportation such as intercity buses, the Shinbundang Line, and the GTX (Great Train Express) opening in March this year, providing greater benefits to Gyeonggi residents using various transportation modes.

Since it is a refund system, there is the advantage of registering only once without needing monthly recharging. However, transportation modes requiring separate ticket issuance, such as express buses and KTX, are not eligible for refunds.

For example, a 38-year-old office worker commuting from Suwon to Seoul using The Gyeonggi Pass can receive a refund of 33,600 KRW, which is 30% of the 112,000 KRW monthly transportation cost incurred from using intercity buses 40 times per month.

Transportation cost support is also provided for children and adolescents under 18 who cannot use the K-Pass. Gyeonggi Province plans to reorganize the existing youth transportation support project to include children aged six and older, providing transportation cost support up to an annual limit of 240,000 KRW.

Gyeonggi Province plans to actively communicate and cooperate with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Public Transportation Promotion Committee, which is promoting the K-Pass, to ensure that The Gyeonggi Pass is implemented alongside the K-Pass in May this year.

Meanwhile, to promote the use of The Gyeonggi Pass, Gyeonggi Province has finalized the BI (Brand Identity) and slogan. The BI symbolizes ‘The’ and the plus (+) sign of The Gyeonggi Pass, representing the intention to add more pluses (+) to the daily lives of all residents, including office workers, students, and children. The slogan, ‘Connecting all roads in Korea. The Gyeonggi Pass,’ emphasizes nationwide public transportation discount benefits.

Kim Sang-su, Director of the Gyeonggi Province Transportation Bureau, stated, "The Gyeonggi Pass is a much better transportation cost policy in terms of resident benefits, as all residents can receive transportation cost support when using any transportation mode anywhere nationwide," adding, "We will thoroughly reflect opinions from cities and counties to provide greater benefits to residents through detailed planning."