Luxury route
Rail Cruise Haerang
Seoul → Seoul · South Korea
Korea’s only sleeper cruise: three days around the entire peninsula from Seoul — Suncheon Bay, Busan, Gyeongju, the Jeongdongjin sunrise — with the train as the hotel.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.6% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 6 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Korail — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
Questions and answers
How long is the Rail Cruise Haerang?
The Rail Cruise Haerang is a 1,500 km round trip from Seoul.
How long does the Rail Cruise Haerang take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 days for the 1,500 km. The line's top service speed is 150 km/h.
Who runs the Rail Cruise Haerang?
Korail Tourism Development, with dedicated luxury sleeper rake.
How old is the Rail Cruise Haerang?
The line has been in service since 2008. 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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