Starting September 1, Take the SRT to Changwon, Yeosu, and Pohang

Starting next month, you will be able to take the SRT to Changwon in Gyeongnam, Yeosu in Jeonnam, and Pohang in Gyeongbuk.

On the 11th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it issued a route license to SR on August 1st to operate on the Gyeongjeon Line, Jeolla Line, and Donghae Line, and after going through the safety management system change approval process under the Railway Safety Act this month, it plans to open on September 1st.

Accordingly, from September 1st, the SRT will operate two round trips each on the Suseo~Jinju, Suseo~Yeosu, and Suseo~Pohang routes.

With the expansion of SRT routes, which were previously operated only on the Gyeongbu Line and Honam Line, to five routes, the number of stops will also increase from 18 stations to 32 stations.

The newly operated Gyeongjeon Line (Changwon·Jinju), Jeolla Line (Suncheon·Yeosu), and Donghae Line (Pohang) will run two round trips daily, while the Gyeongbu Line will be adjusted from 40 round trips daily from Monday to Thursday to 35 round trips. Weekend operations will maintain 40 round trips daily.

Additionally, to compensate for the reduction on the Gyeongbu Line, SR will increase the seat allocation ratio for long-distance passengers such as those traveling to Busan, and Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) will add three round trips daily on the Seoul~Busan section of the Gyeongbu Line KTX.

Ticket reservations and sales for trains operating from September 1st will begin on August 11th, and detailed information such as operation times can be checked through each operator’s website and application (app).

Lee Yoon-sang, Director of the Railway Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, stated, "Although the current operation scale by route is small, we plan to consider increasing trains in 2027 when additional KTX and SRT vehicles are introduced and the track capacity on the bottleneck section between Pyeongtaek and Osong is expanded."

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