Scenic route
A-train (Jeongseon Arirang)
Seoul → Auraji · South Korea
- Distance
- 245 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h 1 min
- Average speed
- 61 km/h
- Top speed
- 150 km/h
- Operator
- Korail
- Train
- Panorama saloon rake (Saemaeul-class)
- Countries
- South Korea
- In service since
- 2015
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The Arirang-themed A-train leaves the Jungang main line at Jecheon and threads the Jeongseon canyon to Auraji, where two mountain torrents meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 5.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Korail — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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