High-speed route
SRT
Seoul (Suseo) → Busan · South Korea
The upstart from Gangnam. SRT slips out of Suseo through the 50 km Yulhyeon Tunnel and undercuts KTX fares all the way to Busan.
How this line was checked
- The 145 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 11214688 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 18 m); the longest stretch away from it is 10.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — 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 SRT?
The SRT runs 400 km from Seoul (Suseo) to Busan.
How long does the SRT take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 10 min for the 400 km. That is an average of 185 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 300 km/h.
Who runs the SRT?
SR.
How old is the SRT?
The line has been in service since 2016. 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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