Talk:Korea Train Express

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[edit] Ambiguities

In December 2004, South Korea joined the ranks of high speed train countries of France, Germany and Japan when locally-developed KTX broke the 350km/h speed barrier.

It looks like 161.149.63.106 parroted South Korean news reports. What is the definition of "high speed train countries?" Too ambiguous. --Nanshu 00:59, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

the demand fell short of the initial expection of 70% -- does this mean demand was 70% of the expected figure (0.7x), or 70% less than the expected figure (0.3x)? What are the actual ridership figures? And a cite for the prime minister's quote, please, Google News finds nothing. Jpatokal 15:05, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The former. [1] --Nanshu 14:44, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Not sure I like the term "ridership". This is not a common one in English. May I suggest "Passenger usage"? Or just plain "usage"? --User:IantheLibrarian 22:18, 8 JUL 2006 (BST)

The definition of high speed train countries is a country that has developed a train that has a maximum speed above 300kmph. (Wikimachine 21:35, 7 July 2006 (UTC))

You're doubly incorrect and I've reverted your edit. First, the high-speed rail article states the limit is 200 km/h; second, even with the 300 km/h limit Spain, Belgium, Italy and China also qualify. Jpatokal 04:32, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

At least when I worked on the high-speed rail article, it was different.

"The countries that have developed high-speed rail technology include: Japan, France, China, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Korea, and Spain."

Also the article states that limit is 250km/h-300km/h, not 200km/h. You wouldn't reject this. Right? Thanks. (Wikimachine 03:22, 9 July 2006 (UTC))

I will reject it, because it's irrelevant. This is about KTX, not other countries or their rail systems. All you're trying to do is prove that Korea is somehow superior because it has this technology and some other countries don't, but that's not what Wikipedia is for. Jpatokal 06:04, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent KTX crash?

Apparently, there was an accident recently, involving two KTX trains... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.76.57.38 (talk) 21:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

You're right on that, 2 KTX trains collided inside Busan Station in the early morning of November 3. I've only found news report of it in Korean, including this one [2], containing a video report showing the crash. The damages were minor and there were no casualties, so this is probably why it hasn't been so big in the news. The article seems to mention a possibility of a problem about the signaling system. — Luccas 11:30, 26 November 2007 (UTC)