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About 13,000 unionised rail workers launched a four-day strike on Thursday, their first such action in four years, which could cut passenger and cargo train operations by up to 60% amid soaring ...
It lasted from March 1 to March 4, when the union called a halt to the strike after most of the workers voluntarily returned to work. The number of striking workers fluctuated throughout the strike, but reached over 16,000 workers at its peak. During the strike, Korail's passenger service was decreased by 60%, on both national and Seoul Subway ...
The women did not stop the strike. KORAIL fired 280 crew members who refused to rejoin the company. [citation needed] In May 2006, approximately 80 female workers were arrested for occupying the KORAIL office in Seoul. [3] In January 2007, KTX union leaders organized a sit-in at the Seoul central station, which continued on and off until July 2018.
The 2013 railroad strike in South Korea was a 22 days general strike by members of the Korea Railroad Corporation Union of Korean Railway Workers' Union and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, Federation of Korean Trade Unions in South Korea between December 9 and December 30, against the establishment of the KTX from Suseo's subsidiary company of Korail.
Most of the railroad's employees are members of the Korean Railway Workers' Union, which is frequently at odds with KORAIL management. Strikes, such as the South Korean railroad strike of 2006, are not uncommon. In December 2013, 23,000–100,000 union members and friends protested the privatization of KORAIL in Seoul. [9]
The KTX-Sancheon (Korean: KTX-산천; Hanja: KTX-山川, formerly called the KTX-II) is a South Korean high-speed train built by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail and SR Corporation since March 2010 and December 2016, respectively. With the maximum operational speed of 305 km/h (189.5 mph), the KTX-Sancheon is the second commercial high ...
Many cars were refurbished and connected to second generation Korail Class 1000 trains. Trains 1-39~1-41 received second generation Korail Class 1000 cars built in 1989 to become 10-car trains. The newer cars were linked in second generation trains or utilized as unpowered cars in Korail Class 311000 trains 311-39~311-41. Seoul Metro 2000 series
In 2012, the then-Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs called for bids to operate high-speed trains for 15 years on the Seoul–Busan and Seoul–Mokpo lines with the goal was to end the state-owned Korail's monopoly and create competition for the state-run KTX trains, hoping to increase the quality of service and decrease fares. [9]