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Juche-class EMU
🇰🇵 North Korea ·built by Kim Chong-tae Electric Locomotive Works· from 1978· electric multiple unit of North Korea
what is it?
The Juche-class (Korean: 《주체》호) are a pair of 4-car electric multiple units built by the Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works in 1978 and 1982, intended for service on the Korean State Railway.
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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- 1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1978
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇵 North Korea
- builders
- Kim Chong-tae Electric Locomotive Works
- operators
- Korean State Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.7 MW
- electric system
- 3,000 V DC + 25 kV 60 Hz AC
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11368726, Wikipedia: Juche-class EMU (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.