South Korea railway news

News about railway and urban rail infrastructure, operations, policy and the supply industry in South Korea.

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    KRRI installs private 5G network to test rail applications

    2024-10-22T05:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Korea Railroad Research Institute is installing a private 5G-R telecoms network at its Osong test centre as a basis for testing 5G applications in rail.

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    Rail Business UK

    Network Rail and Korea Railroad Research Institute to co-operate on infrastructure resilience

    2024-10-08T04:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: British infrastructure manager Network Rail and the Korea Railroad Research Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to improve the resilience of rail infrastructure to extreme weather. Areas of mutual interest include evaluation techniques for landslides, working on subgrade instability using business ...

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    Metro Report International

    Daejeon hydrogen tram on show at InnoTrans

    2024-09-24T10:29:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Hyundai Rotem is displaying its prototype hydrogen fuel cell tram at InnoTrans 2024 in Berlin. It was developed as part of a national research and development project launched in 2021 by Hyundai Rotem, Korea Institute for the Advancement of Technology, Korea ...

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    Robots and Hyper Tube among KRRI research projects on show at InnoTrans

    2024-09-16T06:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Korea Railroad Research Institute is to highlight eight of its latest innovations and research programmes during the upcoming Berlin fair. Evacuation robot KRRI’s Evacuation Guide Robot is designed for rapid response to disasters such as fires and floods in main line and metro tunnels. Mounted ...

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    Metro Report International

    Seoul metro Line 8 reaches Byeollae

    2024-08-30T11:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: A 13·2 km northern extension of Seoul metro Line 8 from Amsa to Byeollae opened on August 10. A ceremony at Byeollae station on the previous day was attended by Minister of Land, Infrastructure & Transport Park Sang-woo and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon among ...

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    In depth

    South Korea: Suburban networks take shape

    2024-08-14T06:10:00Z

    Under pressure to reduce commuting time across the country, policymakers are developing suburban rail services around key conurbations, many making use of spare capacity on existing main lines. Benjámin Zelki reports.

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    South Korea: Seoul embraces the ‘GTX era’

    2024-08-13T06:10:00Z

    This year has seen the opening of the first phase of Seoul’s Great Train Express commuter rail Line A, and the start of construction on lines B and C. Plans have also been announced for extensions of all three and three more lines, as the Executive Director of Korea National Railway’s GTX Department Song Hye-chun explains to Benjámin Zelki.

  • Hyundai Rotem to supply 34 hydrogen trams to Daejeon (image Daejeon municipality)
    Metro Report International

    Hyundai Rotem to supply 34 hydrogen trams to Daejeon

    2024-08-12T11:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Daejeon municipality signed a 293·4bn won contract with Hyundai Rotem on July 25 for the supply of 34 hydrogen vehicles to run on Daejeon’s planned first light rail route, Line 2. The trams are scheduled to be delivered from the first half of 2026 ...

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    Korail seals deal with China Railway to speed up Asia – Europe freight flows

    2024-07-18T07:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: Korea Railroad Corp has signed an agreement with China National Railway Group to facilitate freight shipments between South Korea, Central Asia and Europe.

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    Metro Report International

    Private sector funding sought for next phase of Seoul Great Train Express

    2024-06-10T11:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Minister of Land, Infrastructure & Transport Park Sang-woo has engaged with businesses to explore options to use private financing as well as government funding for the second phase of the Great Train Express programme in the Seoul region. The second phase would support the ...

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    Daejeon area express commuter rail proposal presented

    2024-05-30T11:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Construction company DL E&C has put forward an initial proposal for the planned CTX express commuter rail network centred on Daejeon in Chungcheong province. As part of the government’s programme to create ‘30 min commute zones’, in January President Yoon Suk Yeol announced plans ...

  • (Photo) LG Display Equips Korea’s New High-Speed Underground Railway with Transparent OLEDs
    Metro Report International

    Train windows become information screens

    2024-05-13T05:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: An eight-car trainset operating on Seoul Great Train Express Line A has been equipped with 55 inch Transparent OLED displays which act as both windows and information screens. The 16 screens supplied by LG Display show varied content including route maps, while also functioning ...

  • Korail has put its latest generation of high speed train into commercial service
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    KTX-CheongRyong high speed train enters service

    2024-05-10T08:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Korail put its latest generation of high speed train into commercial service on May 1. Two eight-car KTX-CheongRyong trainsets are now diagrammed to operate on the Gyeongbu high speed line and on the Honam line, offering passengers journey times of 2 h 17 min ...

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    Components joint venture agreement

    2024-04-25T09:55:00Z

    INDIA: The AT Railway a subsidiary of Amber Enterprises India has signed a joint venture agreement with South Korea’s Yujin Machinery to design, manufacture, and develop critical components for various types of rolling stock used in India. The joint venture will focus on components such as ...

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    Metro Report International

    First section of Seoul’s GTX Line A opens

    2024-04-02T15:43:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: The initial 28 km section of the Great Train Express commuter rail network in the Seoul conurbation, linking Suseo with Dongtan has opened.

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    Metro Report International

    Seoul Metro to operate GTX-A when it opens on March 30

    2024-03-27T11:55:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Metro has been selected as operator for Line A of the capital’s Great Train Express commuter rail network, ahead of the opening of the first section on March 30. When complete, the 82 km line with 11 stations will link Unjeong in the ...

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    Interview: Korail grows its international footprint

    2024-03-19T07:00:00Z

    The South Korean national operator is seeking to enhance the visibility of its overseas business activities, with a recent visit by Korail officials to Kyiv acting as a catalyst. Korail President & CEO Han Moon-Hee explains the company’s international strategy to Benjámin Zelki.

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    Construction of Seoul express Line C starts as part of the ‘first year of the GTX era’

    2024-02-02T12:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Construction of Line C of the Great Train Express commuter rail network in Seoul started on January 25 with a groundbreaking ceremony at Uijeongbu attended by President Yoon Seok-yeol. The 86·5 km Line C will link Suwon in the south with Uijeongbu and Deokjeong ...

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    Daejeon suburban railway construction starts

    2024-01-30T05:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Construction has started on the 35·4 km first phase of the Chungcheong Province suburban railway serving Daejeon.

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    Metro Report International

    Work starts on next phase of Gwangju orbital metro line

    2024-01-02T14:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for the 20 km 18-station second phase of the circular Gwangju metro Line 2. Attendees at the ceremony held at the Children’s Transportation Park on December 13 included Mayor of the city Kang Ki-jeong. The 41·8 km Line ...