”It's like a concert ticket”... 40,000 people waiting to book Lunar New Year train tickets in South Korea

Reservations for train tickets for the Lunar New Year period by the Korea Railroad Corporation began on the morning of the 8th for the general public, but there was a fierce battle for tickets, with over 40,000 people on the waiting list.
As of 7:40 a.m. on the 8th, the Korea Railroad Corporation app counted 44,313 people on the waiting list for reservations for the Lunar New Year train.
Prior to this, the Korea Railroad Corporation announced that it would operate 10 trains, including KTX, ITX,
Reservations for the Saemaul and Mugunghwa trains began on the 6th. Priority reservations for the disabled and those who have served as national merit recipients were given on the 6th, and reservations for the Honam, Jeolla and Gangneung areas were opened on the 7th.
General reservations were opened to all citizens from that day, and many people immediately flocked to the reservation site. On that day, the real-time trend of X (formerly Twitter) was "Train ticket advance sale
Keywords such as "train ticket," "train ticketing," and "waiting number" appeared. Internet users commented, "I gave up after seeing the number of people," "It's like a concert ticket," "Ticket reservation..."
"I stayed up all night waiting for it."