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HSR-350x
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Hyundai Rotem· from 2002· South Korean prototype of a high-speed train
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HSR 350x Hanvit Uiwang 20150722: Adler György· CC0
- 2. 230814 HSR-350x 1: Aspere· CC0
- 3. 230814 HSR-350x 2: Aspere· CC0
- 4. 230814 HSR-350x 3: Aspere· CC0
- 5. HSR-350x (Uiwang): Banwol· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
HSR-350x, alternatively called G7, KHST or NG-KTX, was a South Korean experimental high-speed train. It was developed and built in a joint project of government research institutes, universities and private companies that started in 1996, which aimed to reduce import dependence in high-speed rail technology. New components developed for the HSR-350x included motors, electronics, and the carbody of passenger cars.
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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- Top speed is 3.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 6 minutes.
- 13.2 MW is about 155 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 52 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 145 m long: about 32 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 6 years (2002–2008).
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2002
- in service from
- 2002
- retired
- 2008
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Hyundai Rotem
- operators
- Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- 385 km/h
- power
- 13.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV/60 Hz AC catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo' + Bo'(2)(2)(2)(2)Bo' + Bo'Bo'
- formation
- P+M+3T+M'+P, P: power car (traction head), M: motorized trailer (passenger car with one bogie powered), M': motorized t…
- length
- 145 m
- weight
- 310 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q497575, Wikipedia: HSR-350x (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.