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The Gyeongbu high-speed railway, also known as Gyeongbu HSR, is South Korea's first high-speed rail line from Seoul to Busan. KTX high-speed trains operate three sections of the line: on 1 April 2004, the first between a junction near Geumcheon-gu Office station, Seoul and a junction at Daejeonjochajang station north of Daejeon, and a second between a junction at Okcheon station, southeast of ...
The Seoul–Busan travel distance was shortened to 408.5 km, the shortest travel time was 2 hours 40 minutes. [ 9 ] All KTX services use the conventional Gyeongbu Line between Seoul and the start of the Siheung Interconnection at a junction after Geumcheon-gu Office station , until the Siheung Interconnection diverges in a tunnel towards the ...
A KTX-Cheongryong train at Seoul station. KTX-Cheongryong is a sister train of KTX-Eum, but a trainset consists of eight cars as opposed to six cars. [95] It has the maximum service speed of 320 km/h (200 mph) and is aimed for supplementing trainsets for current high-speed rail services.
Most KTX trains leave from Seoul Station or Yongsan Station and terminate in the cities of Busan, Gwangju, Mokpo, Yeosu, Gangneung and Jinju. Most major cities are served in between. The KTX train is regarded as an easier, more comfortable, and cheaper way to get around South Korea than by air, particularly when factoring in the complications ...
The Super Rapid Train, [2] often known as SRT (Korean: 에스알티; RR: eseualti), [2] is a high-speed rail service in South Korea operated by SR Corporation.The service starts at Suseo station in southeast Seoul and terminates at either Busan station or Mokpo station.
Gyeongbu Expressway in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province Highway bus lane on Gyeongbu Expressway in Gyeonggi Province. The Gyeongbu Expressway (Korean: 경부고속도로; Asian Highway Network AH 1) is the second oldest and most heavily travelled expressway in South Korea, connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Gumi, Daegu, Gyeongju, Ulsan and Busan.
The 1980s also saw the introduction of high-speed trains connecting Seoul with Busan, Jeonju, Mokpo, and Gyeongju. The famous "Blue Train" between Seoul and Busan (via Daejeon and Daegu) took only four hours and fifty minutes and offered two classes of service: first class and special. In 1987 approximately 525 million passengers and 59.28 ...
Busan station (Korean: 부산역) is a train station in Busan, South Korea. It is the southern terminus of the Gyeongbu Line & the Gyeongbu high-speed railway , the most important railway lines in the country, which links Busan with Seoul in around two and a half hours on KTX , Korea's high-speed rail train.