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Hurdman Station

Pimisi station LeBreton Flats, Ottawa, Canada 19.01.2020

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2. Cyrville - Transit Ghosts & Other Winter Creatures

Who even goes to Cyrville Station?

Like genuinely, who?

And yet there I was today, standing in this weird liminal pocket where even time feels embarrassed to show up.

Winter hushes everything into blue.

Snow drifts across the tracks like it’s trying to cover up the whole day.

Random strangers walk through the frame like ghosts doing their errands.

It feels empty, but not hollow, more like the world is pausing, waiting for something small and significant to happen.

Maybe that’s why I went.

1.Blair - The Beginning of the Beginning

There’s something about Blair that has always felt like a doorway rather than a destination. A liminal space suspended between the life I had before Ottawa and the one I was quietly building the moment I arrived. Even now, years later, I can step onto the platform and feel that same flicker of beginning , a kind of soft electricity that lives in places that are neither here nor there.

Most people see Blair as a transfer point, a commuter station, a concrete structure at the edge of the city. But for me, that red overpass has always felt like a signal. Like a beacon. Every time I walk through it, I feel the sense of possibility I felt when I first started exploring Ottawa. This station was my key to the city long before I knew the neighbourhoods, the bookstores, the coffee shops, the shortcuts, or the way the light looks when it reflects off the Rideau River in early spring.

Blair taught me that the journey inward and the journey outward can start in the same place. That you can step into a station on a grey November day, cold, damp, uninspired, and still feel the quiet promise of an adventure beginning at the edge of your vision.

Guess where we heading to?

We are going to the building behind!

Tah-duh! We are going to “spa” at Itaewon Land :) I guess it’s always a good idea to schedule a down-time during any trip.

Apparently some dramas and variety shows are filmed here… and we did what the locals do? Maybe not. I don’t see people in towel head rolls >_< We tried the various temperatures for a while and then Eve just decided to pull a mat before the television to watch Heal Me Kill Me @_@

It’s a rest-and-relax-and-then-eat-somemore day. Seorae is so delicious so we head back again! The boss recognizes us by now and gave us a discount, hehe!

  Overview

Day 5 (Mar 18, Wed) O-V-O Train 

Wake up 6.00am and prepare. Proceed to Seoul Station Station (Subway Line 1, 4), Exit 1

Stick to O train throughout if V train tickets are sold out.

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1) Seoul -> Buncheon (5hours) [O-Train] Depart 7.45am

2) Buncheon -> Cheoram (1hour) [V-Train] Lunch and wait for Train Depart 2pm ** No toilets on V train**

3) Cheoram -> Seoul (5hours) [O-Train] Waiting time around 2hours for train to Seoul

O Train: Train stops: Seoul – Wonju – Jecheon – Yeongwol- Mindungsan – Gohan – Chujeon – Taebaek- Cheoram – Seungbu- Buncheon– Chunyang – Bonghwa – Yeongju

V Train: Train stops: Buncheon – Bidong stop – Yangwon – Seungbu – Cheoram

  Train Schedule

Train Course Departure Station Departure Time Travel Time O-train Seoul – Yeongju

Yeongju – Seoul

Seoul Station

Yeongju Station

07:45

15:55

6 hrs 21 mins V-train Buncheon – Cheoram Buncheon Station 10:00 / 14:00 / 17:15 1 hr 10 mins

  * The train schedule for this course varies every month and is posted on the KORAIL homepage.

* Please refer to the KORAIL homepage for a more detailed train schedule of each station.

☞ Ticket Purchase:

General seat & Family seating for four – Tickets can be purchased using the KORAIL smartphone application, online, or on-site.

Set (room) seats – Tickets for a couple room for two or a family room for four can only be purchased on the KORAIL homepage.

☞ Fare (Adult)

O-train: 27,300 won (Seoul – Yeongju)

V-train: 8,400 won (Buncheon – Cheoram), 11,700 won (Yeongju – Cheoram)

* Discount available on weekdays (Mon – Thu)

* Ticket prices vary by distance traveled. / Detailed fare information is available on the KORAIL homepage.

PASS Price

Category 1-day Pass 2-day Pass 3-day Pass Adults

(ages 26 – 54)

54,700 won 66,100 won 77,500 won Adolescents & Seniors

(ages 13 – 25, ages 55 and over)

38,300 won 46,300 won 54,200 won Children

(ages 12 and under)

27,300 won 33,000 won 38,700 won

* The pass can be used to board the O-train, V-train, and other general trains (Mugunghwaho, Nuriro, Saemaeulho) on connecting routes within the designated period of time.

– List of connecting rail routes for the Central Inland Region Tour Train

Via Jungang Line (central line): Cheongnyangni – Bujeon, Yeongju – Dongdaegu – Busan

Via Chungbuk Line: Daejeon – Jecheon

Via Yeongdong Line: Yeongju – Gangneung

Via Taebaek Line: Jecheon – Dongbaeksan

Via Gyeongbuk Line: Busan – Gimcheon – Yeongju

Via Jeongseon Line: Mindungsan – Gujeolli

* Pass holders can have their seats assigned at each station before boarding the train. If all seats are occupied, standing room will be the only available option.

* Pass holders must have proper identification and their pass tickets at all times during their travel.

☞ KORAIL Homepage: http://www.korail.com (Korean, English)

☞ Inquiries: KORAIL Customer Center +82-1588-7788 (Korean, English)