South Korea: On 1st May, two eight-car trainsets commenced passenger service on high-speed lines Gyeongbu and Honam, with 17 trainsets more scheduled for entry into service by 2027.
South Korea: The passenger operator reports that the robot moves autonomously at 20 km/h along railway tracks and sends real-time images and signals to a cloud server.
South Korea: The producers made bids in a tender for 17 eight-car EMU-320 trains announced by the national operator Korail.
South Korea: This is the first serial multiple unit train by Hyundai Rotem with a design speed of 320 km/h. Its launch into commercial operation is scheduled for 2023.
South Korea: Hyundai Rotem, Woojin Industrial Systems and Dawonsys got a $43,1 mln USD fine for taking part in the collusion on $2.1 bln USD contracts for the supply of rolling stock for local operators.
