Hyundai Rotem rolls out Korea’s fastest bullet train
Hyung-Kyu Kim
Sep 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
Hyundai Rotem's EMU-320, Korea's fastest bullet train Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, has rolled out the country’s fastest bullet train that can run at a maximum speed of 320 kilometers (199 miles) an hour.
Following a test run, the new train dubbed EMU-320 will be put into operation on the Gyeongbu High Speed Railway and Honam High Speed Railway lines alongside the current bullet train's two models – KTX-I and KTX-Sancheon, the company said on Tuesday.
The new train, which uses a distributed power system, is superior in acceleration and deceleration performance and passenger transport capacity, it said.
Hyundai Rotem executives celebrate the rollout of the EMU-320 “In the domestic railway environment with many curved sections and short distances between stations, the distributed power system is more efficient,” said a Rotem official.
The system is also favored by other high-speed train operators globally, he said.
The first batch of the EMU-320 models will soon be delivered to the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL), to be followed by a second batch in November.
Hyundai Motor Co. is the top shareholder of Hyundai Rotem with a 33.8% stake.
Write to Hyung-Kyu Kim at khk@hankyung.com In-Soo Nam edited this article.