High-speed route

KTX Honam

Seoul → Mokpo · South Korea

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Distance: 370 km
Fastest time: ≈ 2 h 30 min
Top speed: 305 km/h
Operator: Korail
Train: KTX-Sancheon
Countries: South Korea
In service since: 2015

Page last updated 2026-07-30 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log

The southwestern high-speed artery: out of Yongsan, through Iksan and Gwangju-Songjeong, and down to the port of Mokpo at the end of the peninsula.

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