South Korea's Kyungbu line connects Seoul, the capital city, with the port city of Busan in the country's south-east. A section has been added to this high-speed line that branches off at Osong and leads to the port city of Mokpo in the south-west. This line, known as Honam Line, also takes in Gwangju, the sixth-largest city in South Korea. The line was opened on April 1, 2015.

RHEDA 2000® on a bridge along the Honam high-speed line (South Korea)

RHEDA 2000® on the Kyungbu high-speed line (South Korea)

Project details:

Following the successful construction of the Kyungbu line, in which RAILONE was also involved, the Honam line was also developed as a high-speed line
The proven RHEDA 2000® ballastless system was used to make the high-speed line as reliable and safe as possible
The line has an operating speed of 300 km/h
Traveling time on the 182.3-kilometer route from Seoul to Gwangju has been reduced from 160 to 90 minutes
RAILONE supplied 536,900 RHEDA 2000® concrete sleepers