Korea's latest experimental high-speed train, Hemu430X, was unveiled in Changwon on May 16, and is now being tested with a view to achieving a new Korean speed record of 430km/h later this year, explains Dr G H Kang with Hyundai Rotem's R&D centre.
KOREA Rail Network Authority (KRNA) has selected a consortium led by LSIS, Korea, and including Ansaldo STS to supply the train control system for the 182km Honam high-speed line between Osong and Gwangju Songjeong, which is due to be completed by December 2014.
THE first automatic light metro using Siemens' Val system opened today in the Korean city of Uijeongbu, 20km north of Seoul. Line 1, which is U-shaped and elevated, is 11km long and has 15 stations. There is an interchange with Line 1 of the Seoul metro at Hoeryong.
THE HEMU-430X prototype high-speed train was officially unveiled on May 16 in Changwon in the presence of the presidents of Korail, Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) and Hyundai-Rotem.
MORE than 23 years after construction began, Kazakhstan's first metro line finally opened on December 1, with the inauguration of Almaty Line 1.