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From Seoul to Busan: 2 hours 40 minutes on the KTX, or a leisurely 5 hours on the Mugunghwa-ho. Time inside the train, accompanied by Korea's landscapes flowing past the window.
The train as a public mode of transportation. Limited spaces such as seats, restrooms, and dining cars. The deadline of the arrival time.
The last KTX train bound for Seoul. Departs from Busan at 10 PM on Friday, arrives in Seoul at 12:40 AM. The unreserved seats are almost empty, and the area between car 1 and car 2 is a blind spot.
The very end seat in the KTX free seat car. Korean night scenery rapidly flows by from both windows, and the sound of the rails at 300 km/h becomes white noise. In the empty night train with no one in the seats in front or behind, raising the armrest merges the two seats into one, and the coffee on the table shakes faintly.
The automatic door of the train toilet closes and the lock light turns red. A space larger than expected, two people reflected in the stainless steel mirror. The train's vibration rises from the floor, and their bodies shake together each time it passes over rail joints. Until the destination arrival announcement plays.
The only remaining dining car on the Mugunghwa train. In the early morning when most passengers are asleep in their seats, the dining car is empty. A soju glass shakes on the Formica table, and the pre-dawn rice fields faintly visible outside the window. The slow time of the slow train, this car is a moving street food stall.