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organisation is the oversight of all railway-related construction projects. Korea National Railway works closely with train operators such as Korail. By 2018, the organisation reportedly had an annual budget of $ 8 billion, managed asset worth a combined $ 100 billion, and had 2,194 employees working for it.
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It is responsible for the management of all railway infrastructure in South Korea, which includes the development of railway stations; these activities are governed and set by various railway policies, budget allocations, and safety standards. Perhaps its most high profile undertaking of the
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services, paying 50 percent of its sales revenue against the KTX's 34 percent. SR Corporation has claimed that its presence has increased competition, driving down ticket prices and raising service quality overall, while also contributing to the repayments of the accumulated debts from the
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owns 41 percent of its shares, a teachers' pension fund and two Korean banks own a combined 59 percent of shares, with SR thus operating independently from the government and Korail. In December 2016, SR Corporation officially launched
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During the early 2000s, the South Korean government decided to split the national railroad into separate companies for operation and construction. Consequently, the Korean National Railroad was broken up into
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Further reform of the railways and efforts to support the presence of private rail companies on Korea's railway network occurred during the 2010s. In 2012, the then-
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formed by the merger of KNR Construction Headquarters and Korean Express Railroad Construction Corporation. Its main clients are
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called for bids to operate high-speed trains for 15 years on the Seoul–Busan and Seoul–Mokpo lines with the goal was to end the
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Gunyoung, HWANG Sang-kyu and KIM; Korea), The Korea Transport Institute (South) (18 December 2014).
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across the Korean railway system; Korail functioned as the incumbent operator.
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trains, hoping to increase the quality of service and decrease fares.
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Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
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This South Korean rail transport related article is a
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The Economics of Railways Restructuring in South Korea
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is a railroad construction and management company in
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Korea Rail Network Authority
Korean State Railway

Government-owned corporation
Rail transport
Soje-dong
Dong-gu
Daejeon
South Korea
https://english.kr.or.kr/main.do
Hangul
국가
철도
공단
Hanja
國家
鐵道
公團
Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
South Korea
Korail
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Korail
Korea Rail Network Authority
open access
Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs
state-owned
monopoly
KTX

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