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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. AREX EMU2000: Subway06· CC BY 3.0
- 2. AREX 2000, Gyeyang (20240407) (54219624992): Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. AREX-2000series: mailer_diablo· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The AREX Class 2000 is an electric multiple unit of the Airport Railroad operated by the Incheon International Airport Railroad on the AREX service. It is used on the all-stop AREX services and hence has a more metro like layout with 4 doors per side and longitudinal seating, in contrast to the express layout the Class 1000 has. It is equipped with CCTV monitors and ATP speedometers from Alstom to support driver-only operation, and like commuter trains on other lines or urban railway vehicles, it lacks restrooms.
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
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 4.2 MW is about 49 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Hyundai Rotem
- operators
- Airport Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- power
- 4.2 MW
- electric system
- 25 kV AC 60 Hz
- formation
- 6 cars per train, TC-M'-M'-M'-M'-TC
- length
- 19.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q493479, Wikipedia: AREX Class 2000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.