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The Honam high-speed railway, also known as Honam HSR, is a high-speed rail between Osong (on the existing Gyeongbu high-speed railway) and Mokpo in South Korea.The line is a part of Korail's Korea Train Express (KTX) system, accelerating Seoul–Mokpo and Seoul–Gwangju KTX high-speed services which currently use the existing conventional Honam Line.
A KTX-Eum train at Wonju station. KTX-Eum is South Korea's first high-speed electric multiple unit train, being a commercialised version of the experimental HEMU-430X previously tested by Korail. It has the maximum service speed of 260 km/h (160 mph) and is aimed for serving semi-high-speed railway lines.
High-speed rail service in South Korea began with the construction of a high-speed line from Seoul to Busan in 1992, and was inspired by Japan's Shinkansen. The first commercial high-speed rail service was launched on 1 April 2004. Currently, South Korea hosts two high-speed rail operators: Korea Train eXpress (KTX) and Super Rapid Train (SRT).
This is a list of all of the numbered passenger train services operated by the Korean State Railway, separated by train class. Even/odd pairs indicate train trips in opposing directions, the most recent comprehensive schedules are from 2002. [1] [2] Trains confirmed only by another source are marked in blue.
SR Corporation (Korean: 에스알, formerly Suseo High Speed Rail Corporation), [2] [3] also known as Supreme Railways, [4] is a South Korean rail operator that operates high-speed rail services. The company was established in December 2013 and adopted its current name in June 2014.
As part of a nationwide high-speed rail initiative, President Joe Biden announced on Dec. 8 the allocation of $8.2 billion in new grants for these projects, including $500,000 toward Amtrak's high ...
Texas Central or Texas Central Partners, LLC, is a private company that is proposing to build a high-speed rail line between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. [3] It plans to use technology based on that used by the Central Japan Railway Company and trains based on the N700S Series Shinkansen .
How do you feel about the project, which would mean a roughly 1.5 hour trip between Dallas and Houston? Dallas to Houston in less than 90 minutes? What Amtrak’s interest means for bullet train