High-speed route
KTX-Eum Jungbu Inland
Pangyo → Mungyeong · South Korea
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Korea’s newest inter-city railway, finished through to Mungyeong in November 2024: EMU-260 sets past Chungju and the Suanbo hot springs to the old post road town under Mungyeong Saejae.
How this line was checked
- The 96 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 12351758 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.3% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 8 m); the longest stretch away from it is 4 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 KTX-Eum Jungbu Inland?
The KTX-Eum Jungbu Inland runs 144 km from Pangyo to Mungyeong.
How long does the KTX-Eum Jungbu Inland take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 30 min for the 144 km. That is an average of 96 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 230 km/h.
Who runs the KTX-Eum Jungbu Inland?
Korail, with EMU-260.
How old is the KTX-Eum Jungbu Inland?
The line has been in service since 2024. 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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