Scenic route
Baekdudaegan Canyon Train
Buncheon → Cheoram · South Korea
White-and-crimson canyon cars crawl the upper Nakdong gorge at 30 km/h: stove-warmed in winter, windows flung open over rapids no road reaches.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8831457 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- 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 Baekdudaegan Canyon Train?
The Baekdudaegan Canyon Train runs 28 km from Buncheon to Cheoram.
How long does the Baekdudaegan Canyon Train take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 10 min for the 28 km. That is an average of 24 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 30 km/h.
Who runs the Baekdudaegan Canyon Train?
Korail, with V-train open-window coaches.
How old is the Baekdudaegan Canyon Train?
The line has been in service since 2013. 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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