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The Seoul-Busan axis is a major transport corridor in South Korea. As the Gyeongbu Expressway and the Gyeongbu Line were severely congested by the late 1970s, the government began to look for new forms of transport. A study by French and Japanese researchers from 1972 to 1974 proposed a second Seoul-Busan railway. A more detailed study by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology from 1978 to 1981 proposed concentrating freight demand, and also proposed that long-distance passenger transport should be separated onto a high-speed railway, which was accepted in the next South Korean five-year plan.The Gyeongbu, Honam, and Gyeongui high-speed rail sections opened on March 31, 2004, after 12 years of construction. The Gyeongbu line between Seoul and Daegu uses high-speed wheels, reducing the travel time from 260 to 160 minutes. The travel time is expected to be further reduced to 118 minutes when the entire Gyeongbu line is upgraded to high-speed wheels in 2008.The high-speed rail system was called “Gyeongbu High-speed Railway” during the planning stage, and was later renamed as KTX.

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South Korea KTX Bullet Train, Seoul to Busan, One-Way, Economy Class, Trains Departing After 19:00