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2009/11/29 12:04 KST
Rail workers' strike disrupts passenger train services

  
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- An extended strike by rail union workers began to take a heavy toll on passenger train services nationwide, as the replacement staff have been rushed to man freight trains, the Korea Railroad Co. (KORAIL) said Sunday.

With the indefinite strike by unionized KORAIL workers entering its fourth day, operations of passenger trains were cut back to about 60 percent of their normal capacity, while freight train services were running at about 30 percent of capacity, up from less than 10 percent last week, the state-owned company said in a press release.