Back in the day Jeongseon was a large coal producing town, but due to the decline in the coal industry Jeongseon found itself with empty tracks. The people in the area didn't want to see the tracks go to waste so they concocted the 'Rail Bikes', and I am so glad they did! This was a great day to hang out with the family!
To make a reservation you need to go to the website listed above, but you will need to plan WAY in advance as they only make 50 reservations for each day on line. If you want to go and you are not planning your trip in advance (like us) you will need to arrive at 8AM the day you want to ride to make your reservation for later in the day. This is the part that stressed me out....."What if they are full? What if I come all this way and I don't get to ride?" Well, I need to relax. (Which I find hard to do.) Now, I don't think I mentioned this part - my Korean friends booked everything for us - including our pension, which they were not going to make a reservation for, we were just supposed to show up...I will get to that in another blog. And they, along with Hubby were the ones telling me not to worry - everyone will all get to ride. In fact, my friends left their house in Suwon at 4AM so they could arrive at the rail bikes by 8AM to make our reservations! (They were also going - a total coincidence.) We didn't leave our house till 6AM.
OK, here we go....