s korea opens highspeed line
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

to Winter Olympic venues

S. Korea opens high-speed line

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today S. Korea opens high-speed line

South Korea has opened a new train line
Seoul - Arab Today

Emblazoned with a tiger and a bear -- the mascots of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics -- a blue and white high-speed train rolled out of Seoul station Friday as a new line to the venues opened to the public.

The railway cuts travel times significantly, reaching Jinbu -- the station for snow sports at the Pyeongchang Games -- in one hour and 20 minutes from Seoul, and another 16 minutes to Gangneung on the east coast, where ice events will take place.

During the Games 51 trains will operate a day on the 278-kilometre line, which starts from Incheon airport southwest of the capital, with a total capacity of 20,910 passengers. The new railway is part of South Korea's KTX network.

Previously travellers from Seoul to Pyeongchang have mostly had to go by road -- around a three hour drive.

Many other Olympics and major sporting events have had trouble preparing infrastructure, with dashes to complete stadiums and other facilities in time, but in South Korea the process has been highly competent.

On Thursday, marking 50 days to go before the opening ceremony, the Games' chief organiser Lee Hee-beom said: "We are very proud of what we have created in Pyeongchang and the efficiency with which the venues and infrastructure have been built.

"We have worked hard over the last seven years to make our dream a reality and now the international sports festival is within reach for us all."

Even so the Games remain overshadowed by tensions with the nuclear-armed North, and the Russian national team has been banned over accusations of state-sponsored doping.

"The Olympics is a big event and if an international problem happens it will worry many people," Seoul resident Ahn Ju-young said at the station Friday before boarding the train.

"As a South Korean, I really hope there aren't any problems," she added.

Ticket sales have picked up, with 586,300 tickets sold as of December 10 -- the latest figures available from the organisers -- or 49.7 percent of the total 1.18 million available.

Another passenger, Kang Jae-Hoon, had no plans to go to the Games himself but hoped many people would use the new train line.

He regularly goes to Gangneung to surf, he said, but transport "has always been difficult".

 

Source: AFP

arabstoday
arabstoday

GMT 07:59 2018 Sunday ,14 January

Olympic flame stops in Seoul

GMT 05:56 2018 Sunday ,07 January

Seoul offers high-level delegation

GMT 01:44 2018 Tuesday ,02 January

Kim says North Korea could participate

GMT 06:16 2017 Thursday ,14 December

Nukes, Russia ban leave Olympics

GMT 12:25 2017 Friday ,17 November

Russia still 'not compliant' over doping
Arab Today, arab today

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

s korea opens highspeed line s korea opens highspeed line

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

s korea opens highspeed line s korea opens highspeed line

 



GMT 12:11 2017 Thursday ,27 July

Tony Baroud to present new TV show

GMT 23:00 2017 Monday ,16 October

Egypt FM to head for Slovenia on Monday

GMT 20:06 2017 Friday ,20 January

Daesh in new demolitions at Syria’s Palmyra

GMT 21:06 2017 Friday ,24 November

Marriyum condemns Hayatabad terrorists attack

GMT 01:00 2017 Saturday ,25 November

Cabinet Affairs Minister Meets Indonesian Ambassador

GMT 02:34 2018 Thursday ,04 January

Merger creates state-owned gas giant

GMT 10:08 2017 Tuesday ,07 March

Geneva farce: The regime is the opposition

GMT 10:19 2017 Saturday ,18 November

AJK Prime Minister condemns across LoC shelling

GMT 11:34 2017 Wednesday ,22 March

33 Syrians killed in Air raid on Raqqa’s school

GMT 11:03 2017 Wednesday ,01 March

Asala declares her solidarity with George Wassouf

GMT 17:57 2017 Wednesday ,11 October

Mideast nations turn to private sector

GMT 14:11 2016 Wednesday ,30 November

Tunisia wins billion-dollar pledges to boost economy

GMT 23:41 2017 Tuesday ,26 September

Qatar laborer ‘sacked’ after speaking to UN team

GMT 04:28 2017 Tuesday ,21 March

Enrique Iglesias to headline Bahrain F1
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday