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On November 4, 2019, the first set was delivered to Korail. [11] [12] In August 2020, Korail held a public competition for the name of the new model, which at the time was known as the EMU-260. [13] The model was officially renamed "KTX-Eum" (KTX-이음) in October 2020, after Korail filed patent trademark with the Korean Intellectual Property ...
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 South Korean railroad strike of 2006 was a four-day walkout by members of the Korean Railway Workers' Union employed by the Korean National Railroad.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 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.
In September 2016, Korail held a contest for the public to decide the design of the new models. [7] After the development of HEMU-430X, Hyundai-Rotem and Korail signed an agreement in December 2016 for supplying high speed trains that are electric multiple units, the first of its kind in South Korea in commercial service (the HEMU-430X is also an electric multiple unit, but it is not for ...
The KTX-I, also known as the TGV-K or Korail Class 100000, is a South Korean high speed train class based on the French TGV Réseau. The 20-car formation of the trainsets without a restaurant car is optimized for high capacity. The 46 trainsets were built partly in France and partly in South Korea in the framework of a technology transfer ...
Nuriro (Korean: 누리로) is a class of train operated by Korail, the national railroad of South Korea, it was introduced on June 1, 2009, to replace the short-range Mugunghwa-ho.