Posts Tagged With: trains

US High-Speed Rail Budget Cut, Is This Good or Bad for America?

» by GI Korea April 20th, 2011 at 3:05 am » Comments (22)

Here is one of the infrastructure projects that appear to be on the chopping block due to the budget fights around the country: President Barack Obama's plan for a national high-speed ...more »

Picture of the Day: Gyeongchun Line Closes

» by GI Korea December 27th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The old Gyeongchun Line railway line, which connected Seoul and Chuncheon in Gangwon Province, will no longer be in service as of Tuesday. The nation has ...more »

Picture of the Day: Bombed Seoul Station Area During the Korean War

» by GI Korea May 12th, 2010 at 1:07 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="568" caption="After a spate of US bombings, railway tracks leading to Seoul Station lie in a state of ruin."][/caption] Via Seoul Selection that has a few more color ...more »

Incheon Airport to Unveil New Magnetic Train

» by GI Korea May 3rd, 2010 at 4:43 pm » Comments (13)

Here is the new train that will be constructed to bring passengers from the airport to Seoul: The government has unveiled a magnetic levitation train that will operate at Incheon International ...more »

Picture of the Day: Railroad Snack

» by GI Korea April 26th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="604" caption="Snack counter on a Korean train."][/caption] more »

Picture of the Day: Japanese Train

» by GI Korea April 19th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

Here is a pretty cool picture of a Japanese train passing by at night from this Japanese photographer. more »

China Opens World’s Fastest Rail Link

» by GI Korea December 30th, 2009 at 3:08 am » Comments (10)

It just continues to amaze me why we don't have long distance high speed rail in the US: China on Saturday unveiled what it billed as the fastest rail link in ...more »

Details Released About Kim Jong-il’s Private Train

» by GI Korea November 9th, 2009 at 3:46 pm » Comments (2)

The South Koreans have some pretty good intelligence sources to be able to find out these many details about Kim Jong-il's private train if true: The private train North Korean leader ...more »

Picture of the Day: Introducing the KTX II

» by GI Korea September 4th, 2009 at 4:14 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A next-generation bullet train, dubbed the KTX-II, passes near Shinchon Station heading toward Goyang. The Korea Railroad Corporation is currently conducting trial operations of the train ...more »