KTX-Eum

KTX-Eum
ManufacturerHyundai Rotem
DesignerCitrusdesign
Built atChangwon, South Korea
Family nameKTX
Constructed2019–present
Entered service4 January 2021
Number under construction78 vehicles (13 sets)
Number built198 vehicles (33 sets)
Number in service138 vehicles (23 sets)
Formation6 cars per trainset
TC1-M'1-M1-M2-M'2-TC2
  • TC - Trailer Control car
  • M - Motor car
  • M' - Motor car with Pantograph
Fleet numbers501–519, 521–524
Capacity381 seated
  • 46 Superior Class (2+2)
  • 335 Standard Class (2+2)
OperatorKorail
Lines served
Specifications
Car body constructionAluminium
Train length150.5 m (493 ft 9+316 in)
Car length
  • End cars:
  • 26.25 m (86 ft 1+716 in)
  • Intermediate cars:
  • 23.5 m (77 ft 1+316 in)
Width3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Height4.0 m (13 ft 1+12 in)
Doors4 per car, 2 per side (trailer cars)
2 per car, 1 per side (intermediate cars)
Maximum speed
  • Service:
  • 260 km/h (162 mph)
  • Design:
  • 286 km/h (178 mph)
Weight318 t (313 long tons; 351 short tons)
Axle loadmax. 15 t (15 long tons; 17 short tons)
Traction systemIGBTVVVF
Traction motors16 × 380 kW asynchronous 3-phase AC
Power output8,150 hp (6,080 kW)
Tractive effort226 kN (51,000 lbf)
GearboxVoith SE-380
Acceleration
  • 2.0 km/(h⋅s) (0.56 m/s2) up to 65 km/h (40 mph)
  • from 0 to 260 km/h (0 to 162 mph) in 253 s and 11.9 km (7.4 mi)
Decelerationfrom 260 to 0 km/h (162 to 0 mph) in 2.408 km (1.496 mi)
Electric system25 kV 60 Hz AC overhead catenary
Current collectionPantograph
Braking systemsElectronically controlled pneumatic brakes (Regenerative, rheostatic, disc, pneumatic)
Safety systemsATS, ATP (Hitachi), ATC (TVM-430), KTCS-2
Coupling systemScharfenberg
Multiple workingUp to two trainsets
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

The KTX-Eum (KoreanKTX-이음; RRKTX-Ieum), also known as Korail Class 150000 or EMU-260, is a South Korean high-speed electric multiple unit train manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail. It is the first domestically designed and developed high-speed EMU in commercial service (also the second domestically developed high-speed train in commercial service, the first being KTX-Sancheon) in South Korea.