The train belongs to the category of mid- to high-speed bullet trains, and adopts a dispersed power pack arrangement system, which enables all carriages to send power to the tracks. Under the conventional system, locomotives at the front and rear move the rolling stock forward.
Global demand for mid- to high-speed trains has risen in recent years, the company said. Trains belonging to the 250km/h category have been built by Germany’s Siemens and France’s Alstom.
Hyundai Rotem developed the train in line with the government’s plan to link the eastern and central areas with the rest of the country, company officials said.
Previously, the company built the KTX-Sancheon train with a top speed of 300km/h, and a test run of the next-generation HEMU-430X (High-Speed Electric Multiple Unit 430km/h eXperimental) is underway.
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