KTX-Sancheon
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The KTX-Sancheon (, formerly called the KTX-II) is a South Korean high-speed train built by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail and SR Corporation. With the maximum operational speed of , the KTX-Sancheon is the second commercial high-speed train operated in South Korea, as well as the country's first domestically developed high-speed train in commercial service.
Key facts
- Train.aux
- 2 x , supplying 670 V DCIGBT-based
- Train.name
- KTX-Sancheon
- Train.image
- KTX-Sancheon.jpg
- Train.imagesize
- 300px
- Train.caption
- KTX-Sancheon class 110000
- Train.interiorimage
- SRT_KTX-Sancheon,_Daejeon_Station_(20240405a)_(54220536901).jpg
- Train.interiorcaption
- SRT class 120000
- Train.manufacturer
- Hyundai Rotem
- Train.designer
- MBD Design
- Train.family
- KTX
- Train.yearconstruction
- 2008–2017
- Train.yearservice
- 2 March 2010
- Train.numberbuilt
- 710 vehicles (71 sets)
- Train.numberservice
- 700 vehicles (70 sets)
- Train.numberretired
- 10 vehicles (1 set; set 408)
- Train.formation
- PC: power car (traction head) T: trailer (passenger car)
- Train.capacity
- 30 First Class (2+1) 349 Standard Class (2+2) 33 First Class (2+1) 377 Standard Class (2+2)
- Train.depots
- Goyang, Osong
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The KTX-Sancheon (, formerly called the KTX-II) is a South Korean high-speed train built by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail and SR Corporation. With the maximum operational speed of , the KTX-Sancheon is the second commercial high-speed train operated in South Korea, as well as the country's first domestically developed high-speed train in commercial service.
The KTX-Sancheon can be divided into four classes: Classes 110000 and 140000 which are owned and operated by Korail, Class 120000 which is owned by Korail but leased to SR Corporation for operation, and Class 130000 which is owned and operated by SR Corporation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “KTX-Sancheon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.