Korail+ App 2026: What Happened to KorailTalk, and How to Book KTX Tickets Now

Bottom line: On August 3, 2026, Korea's state railway operator Korail merged with SR (which ran the SRT trains), and their train-booking apps merged into one: Korail+. Anyone who used the old KorailTalk or SRT app needs to download Korail+ instead, and since September, all high-speed rail services go by a single name — KTX.

If you didn't know: Show up at the station with the old KorailTalk or SRT app still sitting untouched on your phone, and trying to book a ticket can just trigger an update prompt and go nowhere. Search the app store for the old name without knowing it changed, and you won't find the new app at all — leaving you stuck in a ticket-counter line for an extra 10-20 minutes. On top of that, fares on former SRT routes (departing Suseo Station) dropped roughly 10% to match the old SRT pricing; book without knowing that and you'll simply pay a few thousand won more than you need to.

Scroll through your phone's home screen looking for the familiar blue KorailTalk icon and you won't find it — it isn't gone, it's just been renamed and redesigned. Instead of parking your suitcase in a ticket-counter line at Seoul Station or Suseo Station, search the app store for "Korail+," download it, and you can have a seat picked out within minutes. Foreign travelers can sign up and pay using just their passport details and a card, so there's no need to wait around for an English-speaking staff member at the counter.

Journey stage: Before you go · Verified 2026-10-19 · Source The Kyunghyang Shinmun (citing a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announcement)