“Spread fast and green rail traffic throughout the country” “KTX-Ium, no fine dust, 70% diesel emits carbon” Andong Imcheonggak can be restored by straightening the center line “I will straighten history and let the nation flow”
President Moon Jae-in announced on the 4th that “by 2029, we will replace all diesel locomotives with ‘KTX-Ium’.” It is a plan to move towards a carbon neutral society through KTX junction trains that have lower carbon dioxide emissions and less electricity consumption per passenger compared to existing KTX trains.
President Moon Jae-in finishes the KTX joint opening ceremony at Wonju Station in Gangwon-do on the 4th and is testing the train. / yunhap news
President Moon said at the KTX-Ium opening ceremony held at Wonju Station in Wonju, Gangwon-do, saying, “This year, the first year of implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, will be the first year of train supply. environmentally friendly and low-carbon “. “We will distribute the fast and environmentally friendly rail traffic throughout the country, such as Jungang Line, Gyeongjeon Line, Central Inland Line, West Sea Line and Donghae Line.” I will.”
In addition, President Moon said, “The train is a representative environmentally friendly transportation method, and KTX-Ium is the best among them.” “I said. The government plans to replace EMU trains for all passenger trains by 2029 by introducing EMU vehicles with a maximum speed of 150 km / 180 km / h. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through this is estimated at 70,000 tons.
KTX Ieum trains are waiting on the platform on the 4th, when the KTX Ieum opening ceremony was held at Wonju Station in Gangwon-do. / yunhap news
KTX-Ium is the model name ‘EMU-260’ developed by Hyundai Rotem. It will be laid on the central line from day 5. The double track of the Cheongnyangni-Dodam section from Cheongnyang-ri to Singyeongju has been completed, and the Dodam-Shingyeongju section and the Donghae line section from Singyeongju-Bujeon are under construction. by December 2022. When construction is complete, you can go from Cheongnyangni Station in Seoul to Bujeon Station in Busan by taking the KTX-Ium in 3 hours and 6 minutes.
Also, the existing KTX is a high-powered train in which the trains that drive the trains are connected only at the front and rear, but the KTX-Ieum is a kind of power distribution that generates the power for all the trains move forward. Another feature is that all vehicles are made up of cabins. The KTX-Sancheon has 363 seats in 10 cars, but the KTX-Ieum has 381 seats in 6 cars, which is also advantageous in terms of passenger transport.
President Moon Jae-in attends the opening ceremony of the KTX-Ium, a low-carbon and eco-friendly high-speed train at Wonju Station in Wonju, Gangwon-do, on the morning of the 4th and hands over the master key to the train. after receiving a report from Captain Jeon Seong-soo. / Newsis
President Moon said, “The most welcome news is that the era of high-speed rail has opened in the central hinterland.” When the project is completed, it takes three hours to go to Busan. “
Lee Hang-jeung, great-grandson of Lee Sang-ryong Seok, a pro-independence activist who served as Prime Minister of State of the Provisional Government, also attended the opening ceremony. The Joongang Line, laid in 1941 during the Japanese colonial period, cut through Imcheonggak Andong, the birthplace of Mr. Sang-ryong Lee, in half. This time, the government accelerated the double track and straightening project of the Dodam-Andong section of the Jungang Line and prevent it from passing through the section. The existing train tracks will be demolished in February this year and Imchunggak will be restored in 2025.
President Moon Jae-in finishes the KTX joint opening ceremony at Wonju Station in Gangwon-do on the 4th and is conducting a test drive on the train. On the right is Lee Hang-jeung, a descendant of Prime Minister of State Lee Sang-ryong. / yunhap news
Mr. Lee Hang-jeung said at the opening ceremony, “Thank you for the quick opening of the difficult construction of Baekdu-daegan.” President Moon said, “The Jungang line may not pass there (Imchunggak), but the Japanese deliberately avoided the route and penetrated Imchunggak.” said.
Im Cheonggak, Andong, the last son of Goseong Lee. The center line passes forward. / Provided by Andong City
At the opening ceremony on this day, a comment was also made on the inter-Korean rail connection project promoted by the Moon Jae-in administration. President Son Byeong-seok of the Korea Railroad Corporation said: “The Korean railway dreams of moving towards the inter-Korean continental railway. The OSJD Ministers’ meeting is scheduled for June this year. The operation is also planned,” he said. Lee Yong-bae, CEO of Hyundai Rotem, said: “We are actively promoting the inter-Korean rail business and export business” and “We will form a Korea One team to actively promote it.”
Central line route map. / Provided by the Blue House
