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- 1. KORAIL ITX 36806: 충북선 무궁화호· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Korail Class 368000 is one of the Rapid class of trains operated by Korail. It is manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and used on the ITX-Cheongchun Line. The doors are placed such that they fit the Korail metro screen doors on the Gyeongchun Line.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 4 MW is about 47 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 60 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 162 m long: about 36 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 402: 8 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
- 2012
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 64
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Hyundai Rotem
- operators
- Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- 198 km/h
- power
- 4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- length
- 162 m
- weight
- 360 t
- capacity
- 402 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6665226, Wikipedia: Korail Class 368000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.