Traffic building up on highways on 1st day of extended Lunar New Year holiday

Traffic Building Up On Highways On 1st Day Of Extended Lunar New Year Holiday

Traffic is congested on the urban section of the Gyeongbu Expressway near Jamwon Interchange in the Seocho District of Seoul, Jan. 25. The congestion wais due to early home-bound traffic ahead of the up to nine-day Lunar New Year holiday and Friday evening commuters. Yonhap

Visitors is congested on the city part of the Gyeongbu Expressway close to Jamwon Interchange within the Seocho District of Seoul, Jan. 25. The congestion wais attributable to early home-bound visitors forward of the as much as nine-day Lunar New Yr vacation and Friday night commuters. Yonhap

Visitors on main highways continued to construct up throughout South Korea on Saturday, marking the beginning of the Lunar New Yr as individuals headed for his or her hometowns for one of many nation’s main conventional holidays.

This 12 months’s Lunar New Yr vacation, generally known as Seol, has been prolonged to 6 days, lasting till Thursday, after the federal government designated Monday as a short lived nationwide vacation.

As of 5 p.m., a drive from Seoul to the southeastern port metropolis of Busan, 320 kilometers away, was anticipated to take roughly 5 hours and 10 minutes, based on the state-run Korea Expressway Corp. A visit eastward to Gangneung, some 160 kilometers from Seoul, was anticipated to take three hours.

Visitors congestion on outbound routes from Seoul peaked between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m., and it was anticipated to ease round 7 p.m to eight p.m., based on the company.

In distinction, journey occasions heading towards Seoul have been comparatively shorter, with the drive from Busan anticipated to take 4 hours and half-hour, and the journey from Gangneung estimated at two hours and 40 minutes.

The company estimated that 5.05 million autos would journey nationwide on Saturday, together with 460,000 vehicles leaving the better Seoul space and 360,000 vehicles heading towards it.

The company famous that visitors on main highways was comparatively clean in each instructions, including that the standard exodus was considerably eased this 12 months because of the prolonged vacation interval. (Yonhap)

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