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ECOBEE (Maglev)

🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Hyundai Rotem· South Korean Maglev train

ECOBEE (Maglev), photo 1 of 1
1/1 Minseong Kim· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

ECOBEE (Korean: 에코비) is a South Korean Maglev train developed by the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • weight 19 tin working order

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

  • Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).

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
Maglev
traction
electric
origin
🇰🇷 South Korea
builders
Hyundai Rotem, Korea University of Science and Technology
operators
Incheon International Airport Corporation
top speed
110 km/h
power
—
weight
19 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q16741335, Wikipedia: ECOBEE (Maglev) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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