Korail
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 | |
| ₩ 4743.1 hundred million (2023) | |
| ₩ 5424.7 hundred million (2023) | |
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 |
| Passenger km | 31,415,965,207 |
| Freight | 10,553,675,728 ton km |
| 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 |
| 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. 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.