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Korail Class 8200
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Hyundai Rotem· from 2002· series of South Korean electric locomotives operated by Korail
what is it?
The Korail Class 8200 is a South Korean electric locomotive operated by Korail. This locomotive has head-end power capabilities in place of a dynamo car, which could be used with up to 12 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 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
- 5.2 MW is about 61 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2002–2008
- in service from
- 2003
- number built
- 83
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Hyundai Rotem
- designer
- Siemens Transportation Systems
- operators
- Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- 220 km/h
- power
- 5.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 60 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 18.8 m
- weight
- 80 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q496983, Wikipedia: Korail Class 8200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.