South Korea has launched its first high speed rail line, the KTX (Korea Train eXpress), between Seoul and Pusan.(South Korea)(Brief Article)
From: Railway Age
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Date: 5/1/2004
South Korea has launched its first high speed rail line, the KTX (Korea Train eXpress), between Seoul and Pusan, KTX's 46 high speed trainsets will cover the 412 kilometers in two hours and 40 minutes vs. four hours and 10 minutes on conventional Saemaul trains. The first leg of the new line between Seoul and Daegu (281 km) opened for revenue service last month with ...
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