#5595· KTX-II
KTX-Sancheon
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Hyundai Rotem· from 2010· Express train developed by Korea
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. KTX-Sancheon: Minseong Kim· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. SRT KTX-Sancheon, Daejeon Station (20240405a) (54220536901): Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. SRT KTX-Sancheon, Daejeon Station (20240405b) (54219625467): Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. SRT KTX-Sancheon, Daejeon Station (20240405c) (54220767429): Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Hangang Bus KTX Sancheon 20250918 (01): Republic of Korea· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Hangang Bus KTX Sancheon 20250918 (02): Republic of Korea· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Korail ktx sancheon 17: Mx kouhosei· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Korail KTX Sancheon, Guro (20240403a) (54220770249): Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Korail KTX-Sancheon 01: Peremen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Korail KTX-Sancheon, Daejeon Station (20240405a) (54220538946): Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The KTX-Sancheon (Korean: KTX-산천; Hanja: KTX-山川, formerly called the KTX-II) is a South Korean high-speed train built by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail. With the maximum operational speed of 305 km/h (190 mph), the KTX-Sancheon is the second commercial high-speed train operated in South Korea, as well as the country's first domestically developed high-speed train in commercial service. The KTX-Sancheon can be divided into four classes: 110000, 120000, 130000 and 140000.
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 16 years ago, in 2010.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 7 minutes.
- 8.8 MW is about 104 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 67 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 201 m long: about 45 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 379: 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
- 2010
- in service from
- 2010
- number built
- 710
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Hyundai Rotem
- designer
- MBD Design
- operators
- Korea Railroad Corporation, SR Corporation
- top speed
- 330 km/h
- power
- 8.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV/60 Hz AC
- formation
- 10 cars per trainset, (PC+8T+PC), PC: power car (traction head), T: trailer (passenger car)
- length
- 201 m
- weight
- 403 t
- capacity
- 379 passengers
- Dutch name
- KTX-II
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q496662, Wikipedia: KTX-Sancheon (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.