 | |
 Headquarters of Korea Railroad Corporation | |
| Company type | Government-owned corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Predecessor | Korean National Railroad |
| Founded | 1 September 1963 (as Korean National Railroad) 1 January 2005 (renamed as Korail) |
| Headquarters | Soje-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea |
| Revenue | |
 ₩ 103,400,000,000 (2015)[2] | |
| ₩ 380,759,519 (2010)[2] | |
Number of employees |
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| Subsidiaries | SR Corporation |
| Website | info.korail.com letskorail.com |
| Korea Railroad | |
|---|---|
| Operation | |
| Infrastructure company | KR |
| Statistics | |
| Ridership | 969,145,101[4] |
| Passenger km | 31,415,965,207[4] |
| Freight | 10,553,675,728 ton km[4] |
| System length | |
| Total | 4,128.6 km (2,565.4 mi) |
| Double track | 2,706.5 km (1,681.7 mi) |
| Electrified | 3,043.0 km (1,890.8 mi) |
| High-speed | 1,264.7 km (785.8 mi) |
| Track gauge | |
| Main | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| High-speed | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification | |
| AC 25,000 V 60 Hz | 3,023.8 km (1,878.9 mi) |
| DC 1,500 V | 19.2 km (11.9 mi) |
| Features | |
| No. stations | 691 |
| Highest elevation | 855 m (2,805 ft) |
| at | 37°12′0″N 128°56′59.83″E / 37.20000°N 128.9499528°E |
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| Korea Railroad Corporation | |
| Hangul | 한국철도공사 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 韓國鐵道公社 |
| Revised Romanization | Hanguk cheoldo gongsa |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han'guk ch'ŏlto kongsa |
| Korean Railroad (KORAIL) | |
| Hangul | 한국철도 |
| Hanja | 韓國鐵道 |
| Revised Romanization | Hanguk cheoldo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han'guk ch'ŏlto |
The Korea Railroad Corporation (Korean: 한국철도공사; Hanja: 韓國鐵道公社) is the national railway operator in South Korea. It is branded as KORAIL (코레일) and changed its official Korean name (한국철도; 韓國鐵道) in November 2019.[5] Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, managed by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation.
KORAIL operates intercity/regional, commuter/metro and freight trains throughout South Korea, and has its headquarters in Daejeon.
- ^ "한국철도공사" (in Korean). JOBKOREA Corp. 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ a b "2010 Statements of Income". Korail. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ Korail (2020). 2019 철도통계연보 (I) [2019 Statistical Yearbook of Railroad (I)] (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. p. 7. Administrative publication registration number: 11-1510000-000002-10. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "KOSIS 국가통계포털".
- ^ 유의주 (8 October 2019). "코레일 새 약칭 '한국철도'로 바꾼다…한글사랑 실천" [KORAIL changes its [Korean] abbreviation to 'Korean Railway'... implementing for the love of Hangul]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 13 November 2019.