High-speed route
KTX Gyeongbu
Seoul → Busan · South Korea
KTX Gyeongbu in pictures
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- Distance
- 417 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h 30 min
- Top speed
- 305 km/h
- Operator
- Korail
- Train
- KTX · KTX-Sancheon
- Countries
- South Korea
- In service since
- 2004
- Riders per year
- ≈ 89M
Page last updated 2026-07-30 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Korea’s flagship: 305 km/h down the spine of the country, Seoul to Busan in as little as 2 h 17 — the line that carries more passengers than any other train in Korea.
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