Engineering:Super Rapid Train

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Short description: High-speed rail service in South Korea

SRT
SRT train in Suseo station
Overview
Service type
  • Inter-city
  • high-speed rail
StatusOperating
LocaleSouth Korea
First service9 December 2016; 9 years ago (2016-12-09)[1]
Current operator(s)SR Corporation
Websiteetk.srail.kr/main.do
Route
StartTemplate:Station
EndTemplate:Station or Template:Station
Service frequency
  • Suseo–Busan (40x daily)
  • Suseo–Mokpo (20x daily)
Train number(s)
  • 3xx (Suseo–Busan)
  • 6xx (Suseo–Mokpo)
Line(s) used
  • Gyeongbu HSR
  • Honam HSR
  • Suseo-Pyeongtaek HSR
On-board services
Class(es)
  • First class
  • Standard class
Disabled accessFully accessible
Catering facilitiesTrolley service
Entertainment facilitiesYes
Baggage facilitiesYes
Technical
Rolling stock
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV/60 Hz overhead catenary
Operating speedUp to 305 km/h (190 mph)
Route map
300px

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The Super Rapid Train (Korean: 수서고속철도),[2] often known as SRT,[2] is a high-speed rail service in South Korea operated by SR Corporation. The service starts at Suseo station in southeast Seoul and terminates at either Busan station or Mokpo station.

Around 86% of the train service runs 50 meters underground between Suseo and Cheonan-Asan stations. Dongtan station, the first station after departing from Suseo, is the first underground high-speed railway station in Korea. The SRT runs the Seoul–Busan route 8 minutes faster than KTX as it travels exclusively on dedicated Suseo–Pyeongtaek, Gyeongbu and Honam HSR lines.[3] The Suseo-Pyeongtaek HSR line was built exclusively for this service.[4]

Branding

Before the official announcement by SR, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport used the tentative term Suseo High-speed Railway (수서고속철도).[5]

On October 12, 2015, SR proposed three candidate names for the new high-speed rail service – SRT (Super Rapid Train), HSR (High-speed train of SR), and SRH (SR High-speed train). SRT (Super Rapid Train) was chosen.[6]

Electrification

The SRT operates 25 kV AC on the entire line and interconnection with Korail is 1.5 kV DC. At Suseo Station, the power comes from rigid overhead lines before transitioning to a 1500mm overhead catenary wire after leaving the station.

Route

Legend

● All trains stop
○ Some trains stop
△ Few trains stop

Suseo–Busan

Station Distance (from Suseo) Stopping
km mi
Template:Station 0.0 0.0 ●
Template:Station 32.6 20.2 ○
Template:Station 53.6 33.3 △
Template:Station 78.7 48.9 ○
Template:Station 107.3 66.6 ○
Daejeon 142.5 88.5 ●
Template:Station 216.3 134.4 △
Dongdaegu 269.4 167.3 ●
Template:Station 318.4 197.8 ○
Ulsan 348.4 216.4 ○
Template:Station 400.1 248.6 ●

Suseo–Mokpo

Station Distance (from Suseo) Stopping
km mi
Template:Station 0.0 0.0 ●
Template:Station 32.6 20.2 ○
Template:Station 53.6 33.3 △
Template:Station 78.7 48.9 ○
Template:Station 107.3 66.6 ○
Template:Station 151.1 93.8 △
Template:Station 197.1 122.4 ●
Template:Station 239.2 148.6 △
GwangjuSongjeong 289.7 189.0 ●
Template:Station 305.5 189.8 △
Template:Station 356.5 221.5 △

Rolling stock

KTX-Sancheon

Main article: Engineering:KTX-Sancheon

The train service is operated using 22 KTX-Sancheon Class 120000 train sets and 10 KTX-Sancheon Class 130000 train sets. Class 120000 train sets was originally operated by Korail's KTX service before it was transferred to SR at the end of 2016, while Class 130000 train sets are new builds.[7]

Extension beyond HSRs

Since Super Rapid Train only has two routes, there are many local cities that only KTX serves. In November 2016, Jeonju and Yeosu urged the SR Corporation to run trains on the Jeolla Line.[8] In December 2016, the mayor of Pohang proposed running SRT service to Pohang station using the Donghae Line.[9] In January 2021, the mayor of Changwon urged the SR Corporation to run SRT service to Changwon station using the Gyeongjeon Line.[10]

On September 1, 2023, SRT services using Jeolla Line, Donghae Line and Gyeongjeon Line were launched.[11]

See also

  • KTX
  • High-speed rail in South Korea
  • Rail transport in South Korea
  • Transport in South Korea

References

  1. ↑ Tebay, Andy (2016-12-09). "Korea opens Suseo high-speed line" (in en). https://www.railjournal.com/regions/asia/korea-opens-suseo-high-speed-line/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lee Min-ju (July 11, 2017). "Bullet trains change large hospitals' bottom lines". https://www.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=859. 
  3. ↑ "SRT Train Korea | Suseo High Speed Railway - Korea Trains" (in en). https://www.koreatrains.com/srt-korean-train. 
  4. ↑ "SRT to start operation next month". The Korea Times. November 2, 2016. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2016/11/488_217389.html. 
  5. ↑ "2016.12.9, 드디어 「수서고속철도」가 개통됩니다". http://www.molit.go.kr/USR/NEWS/m_71/dtl.jsp?id=95078463. 
  6. ↑ Seunghyeon, Kim (October 12, 2015). "SR "새 고속열차명 'SRT·HSR·SRH' 중 골라주세요"" (in Korean). NewsPim (Seoul). https://www.newspim.com/news/view/20151012000272. 
  7. ↑ Andy Tebay (December 9, 2016). "Korea opens Suseo high-speed line". https://www.railjournal.com/regions/asia/korea-opens-suseo-high-speed-line/. 
  8. ↑ Jeonghwan, Lim (November 16, 2016). "SRT 전라선도 운행하라… 전주·여수 등 7개 시군 한 목소리" (in Korean). Newdaily Economics (Seoul). http://biz.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2016/11/16/2016111610045.html. 
  9. ↑ Jeongno, Park (December 23, 2016). "이강덕 포항시장, KTX 증편과 SRT 노선 건의" (in Korean). No Cut News (Seoul). https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/079/0002906430?sid=102. 
  10. ↑ Wonjun, Ahn (January 12, 2017). "경남 창원시, 수서발 고속철도 및 KTX 연장 운행과 증편 요구" (in Korean). Segye Ilbo (Seoul). http://www.segye.com/newsView/20170112000529. 
  11. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in Korean). 4 August 2023. https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/5988924. 

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