South Korea tests Olympic bullet train

A new high-speed rail line linking South Korea’s capital Seoul and the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic venues has been completed and is in its “testing phase”, according to Olympic organisers


KOREA TRAIN EXPRESS (KTX) SANCHEON

Built by Hyundai Rotem, based on French TGV Réseau

Maximum operating speed: 300km/h

Total length of train: 201m (15 cars)

Passenger capacity: 410 seats

Weight: 406 tonnes



SOUTH KOREA

Detail map

100km 60 miles



Existing line upgraded for higher speeds

New 120km-long high-speed line means trains can travel from Incheon to Gangneung in under two hours – journey currently takes four hours

Olympic venues

NORTH KOREA

SOUTH KOREA

GANGWON PROVINCE

PyeongChang Alpensia Cluster

Bokwang Snow Park

Yellow Sea (West Sea)

Seoul

Incheon Airport

Seowonju

Jeongseon Alpine Centre

Gangneung Coastal Cluster

Sea of Japan (East Sea)

50km 30 miles



Sources: Inside The Games, PyeongChang 2018 © GRAPHIC NEWS