3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Maglev in Daejeon 03: Brücke-Osteuropa· CC0
- 2. In UTM-02: Trainholic· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. UTM-02: Trainholic· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
UTM-02 is a South Korean maglev train developed for the continuous research of magnetic levitation trains. The vehicle development was undertaken by the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials. It was used on the National Science Museum Maglev line.
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
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
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- kind
- Maglev
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Hyundai Rotem
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- length
- 13.5 m
- weight
- 20 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12582106, Wikipedia: UTM-02 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.