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ITX-Saemaeul

Seoul → Busan · South Korea

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ITX-Saemaeul — Seoul to Busan
Photo · Hajoon0102 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tilting-comfort intercity that succeeded the storied Saemaul-ho, still running the full 442 km Gyeongbu spine from Seoul to Busan.

Stations

  1. 0 kmSeoul +6
  2. 9 kmYeongdeungpo
  3. 41 kmSuwon
  4. 74 kmPyeongtaek
  5. 96 kmCheonan
  6. 128 kmJochiwon
  7. Show 7 more stations
    1. 166 kmDaejeon +1
    2. 211 kmYeongdong
    3. 252 kmGimcheon
    4. 275 kmGumi
    5. 294 kmWaegwan
    6. 321 kmDaegu
    7. 324 kmDongdaegu +1
  8. 360 kmCheongdo
  9. 379 kmMiryang
  10. 410 kmMulgeum +1
  11. 423 kmGupo
  12. 439 kmBusan +4

The stations the Wikipedia article lists as this train’s stops, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

  • Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6094786 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 42 m of them
  • Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.3% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 12 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3 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
  • See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the ITX-Saemaeul?

The ITX-Saemaeul runs 442 km from Seoul to Busan.

How long does the ITX-Saemaeul take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 50 min for the 442 km. That is an average of 91 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 150 km/h.

Who runs the ITX-Saemaeul?

Korail, with Class 210000.

How old is the ITX-Saemaeul?

The line has been in service since 2014. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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