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KTX-Eum
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Hyundai Rotem· from 2021· South Korean high-speed electrical train
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. KTX-Eum 517 Jeongdongjin Station 20230430: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 20220911 Cheongnyangni Station KTX-Eum 504: Rsa This photo was taken with Canon EOS 700D· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. KTX-EUM Standard Class(2021.01.26): 생각하는 나무· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Korail KTX-Eum, Yongsan (20240403) (54220769969): Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Korail KTX-Eum, Yongsan (20240404) (54220932565): Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. KTX-Eum at Wonju Station: Railway Story [R.S]· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The KTX-Eum (Korean: KTX-이음; RR: KTX-Ieum), also known as Korail Class 150000 or EMU-260, is a South Korean high-speed electric multiple unit train manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail. It is the first domestically designed and developed high-speed EMU in commercial service (also the second domestically developed high-speed train in commercial service, the first being KTX-Sancheon) in South Korea.
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 5 years ago, in 2021.
- Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 8 minutes.
- 6.1 MW is about 71 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 53 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 151 m long: about 33 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 381: 8 full city buses (~50 seats each).
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2021
- in service from
- 2021
- number built
- 198
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Hyundai Rotem
- designer
- Citrusdesign
- operators
- Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- 286 km/h
- power
- 6.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset, TC1-M'1-M1-M2-M'2-TC2, TC - Trailer Control car, M - Motor car, M' - Motor car with Pantograph
- length
- 151 m
- weight
- 318 t
- capacity
- 381 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q104216528, Wikipedia: KTX-Eum (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.