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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 repay the accumulated debts from the construction of
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service. Ticket prices have typically been cheaper than KTX equivalents, the average price being around 10% cheaper in late 2016. The SRT runs the Seoul-Busan route eight minutes faster than KTX. In August 2019, amid a souring of trade relations between South Korea and
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majority shareholder, Korail; furthermore, that a comprehensive review of all existing contracts would be conducted. Specific areas of independence include a planned expansion of internal maintenance of rolling stock, including component production.
228:(Super Rapid Train) services, initially running between Suseo–Busan on a newly-opened high speed line. Being an open-access operator, it is charged more for track access by the to the Korea Rail Network Authority than those imposed on Korail's
213:水西高速鐵道株式會社) in December 2013. It was founded with the ambition of increasing competition in the South Korean railway sector and end the monopoloy on Korean passenger operations by the national passenger operator incumbent
181:(Super Rapid Train) services on an open-access basis. By January 2021, the company's services called at 17 stations, three of which it managed directly. The merger of SR Corporation and the national passenger operator
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