Korea plans to put "tilting trains" into commercial use by 2012, allowing for faster domestic railway services, government officials said on February 19.
According to government, this tilting train utilizes a mechanism that enables rolling stock to better negotiate curved parts of regular railroad tracks.
Meanwhile, Normal trains must reduce speed to keep from derailing, but a tilting train can maintain its speed, thereby improving travel time for passengers and freight.
The Ministry of Construction and Transportation said that it has been testing its homegrown tilting trains since April last year, in which they ran around 20,000 kilometers without any accidents.
The train’s fastest speed has been around 170 kilometers per hour, the ministry said.
Tilting trains are expected to replace Saemaeul trains, which are currently the fastest service in Korea excluding KTX bullet trains.
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