2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. KORAIL TEC: Subway06· CC BY 3.0
- 2. 한국철도공사 200000호대 간선전기동차 04호기: 이강철· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Korail Class 200000 or TEC (Trunk-line Electric Car) is a type of electric multiple unit operated by Korail for the Nuriro services.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 17 years ago, in 2009.
- Top speed is 1.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 29 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 94 m long: about 21 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 263: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2009
- in service from
- 2009
- status
- in service
- number built
- 32
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Hitachi Rail, Hitachi
- operators
- Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- 165 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 60 Hz AC (nominal) from overhead catenary
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset, Mc1-Tp-T-Mc2
- length
- 94 m
- weight
- 171 t
- capacity
- 263 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q624193, Wikipedia: Korail Class 200000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.