DAEJEON, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The total number of passengers on KTX high-speed trains is set to exceed 1 billion this week after 19 years and five months of operation, KTX operator the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) said Wednesday. The cumulative number of passengers on the KTX, launched on April 1, 2004, is expected [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoulites, living in one of the world’s most congested metropolitan cities, are reflecting on the dangers of overcrowding following the Itaewon crowd crush. Just like any other day, the evening rush hour in Seoul is met by heavy congestion in the subway. Now, however, people seem to have a [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean railway system and plant equipment maker, said its electric trains exported to Taiwan, designed for circular lines, will begin operations Tuesday connecting Keelung and Miaoli stations. The company won a 909 billion won (US$807 million) order from Taiwan to produce 520 electric locomotives [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of subway lines 1-8, has developed a system that uses big data and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to anticipate signs of defects on subway trains. Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) uses IoT technology to analyze the operational data of trains and defect records collected by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment announced on January 9 that it would enact an amendment to the Enforcement Regulations of the Air Quality Preservation Act, which will include the establishment of emission limit standards for diesel locomotives. Diesel locomotives were always in a bit of a blind spot when it [...]