South Korea's new experimental train runs at 1000 km/h

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The upgrade and electrification of these sections of the Gyeongbu Line was included to the project, and also the upgrade and electrification of the Honam Line from Daejeon to Mokpo, providing a second path for KTX services. The spending plan for the first phase was set at 12,737. 7 billion won, that for the whole job at 18,435.

While the share of government contributions stayed the same, the share of foreign loans, domestic bond sales and personal capital changed to 24%, 29% and 2%. The facilities and rolling stock were produced in the structure of an innovation transfer contract, which combined up Korean companies with core system provider Alstom and its European subcontractors for different subsystems.

1 billion or 1. 5 billion.  Try This  approaches Miryang station, on the non-high-speed Daegu-Busan section Well ahead of the opening of the Gyeongbu HSR for regular service, in December 1999, 34. 4 km (21. 4 mi) of the test section, later reached 57 km (35 mi), was completed to make it possible for trials with trains.

South Korea's new experimental train runs at 1000 km/h

6 km (138. 9 mi), with 15. 0 km (9. 3 mi) of affiliations to the conventional Gyeongbu Line, including at a brief interruption at Daejeon. The high-speed area itself included 83. 1 km (51. 6 mi) of viaducts and 75. 6 km (47. 0 mi) of tunnels. Standard line electrification was finished over the 132.

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5 mi) across Daegu and on to Busan, the 20. 7 km (12. 9 mi) across Daejeon, and the 264. 4 km (164. 3 mi) from Daejeon to Mokpo and Gwangju. After 12 years of building and with a last expense of 12,737. 7 billion won, the initial KTX system with the very first phase of the Gyeongbu HSR went into service on April 1, 2004.

1 billion won, with financing from the federal government and private sources by the same ratios as for stage 1. In August 2006, the project was modified to again include the Daejeon and Daegu urban location passages, along with additional stations along the phase 1 area. For these additions, the spending plan along with the government's share of the financing was increased.