Hyundai Rotem Company, often referred to as Hyundai Rotem (), is a South Korean manufacturer of railway

rolling stock The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, Railroad car#Freight cars, freight and Passenger railroad car, passenger cars (or coaches) ...

railway signalling Railway signalling (), or railroad signaling (), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible to collision. This susceptibility is exacerbated by the enormous weight ...

, defense products and plant equipment. It is a member of

Hyundai Motor Group The Hyundai Motor Group (HMG; ; stylized as HYUNDAI) is a South Korean '' chaebol'' (loosely similar to a multinational conglomerate but without a central holding company or ownership structure) headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The HMG a ...

and has presence in more than 50 countries worldwide. As of 2023, Hyundai Rotem has more than 3,900 employees.

History

As part of the

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-led restructuring in the wake of

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, Korea Rolling Stock Corporation (KOROS, ) was founded on 1 July 1999 as a result of the merger between three major rolling stock divisions of

Hanjin Heavy Industries HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Company, Ltd. (), formerly Korea Shipbuilding & Engineering Corporation () and Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd. (), is a South Korean-based multinational shipbuilding company, founded in 1937 as ...

Daewoo Heavy Industries Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd., (a combination of words Energy and Sustainability) formerly known as Doosan Heavy Industries, is a heavy industrial company headquartered in Changwon, South Korea. It was established in 1962. Its business includes ...

, and Hyundai Precision Industry. In 2000, Hyundai Precision Industry sold its defence and plant businesses to KOROS, effectively making KOROS an affiliate company of

Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai Motor Company, often referred to as Hyundai Motors, ( ) and commonly known as Hyundai (), is a South Korean multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, which ...

. Hyundai Precision Industry was renamed as Hyundai Mobis in the same year. In August 2001, in an aftermath of

Daewoo Group Daewoo ( ; ; ; ; literally "great universe" and a portmanteau of "''dae''" meaning great, and the given name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-choong) also known as the Daewoo Group, was a major South Korean chaebol (type of conglomerate) and aut ...

's dissolution, Daewoo Heavy Industries agreed to sell its stake in KOROS to Hyundai Mobis, which let the latter become the majority shareholder of the company. KOROS subsequently changed its name to Rotem Company, where "Rotem" is known to be short for "Railroading Technology System", on 1 January 2002. In 2006,

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became a minority shareholder by buying shares from Hyundai Motor Company and participating in Rotem's rights offering, until 2018. In a separate event in the same year, Hanjin Heavy Industries sold its stake in Rotem to Morgan Stanley, leaving Hyundai Motor Group the only remaining pre-1999 merger corporate shareholder. Rotem Company added "Hyundai" to its name on 3 December 2007 to reflect its current parent company. Its shares are listed in the

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in October 2013. While Hyundai Rotem officially designated its founding date as 1 July 1977, which was also the time when "Hyundai Precision Industry" was officially named, in certain of its publications, it tried to trace its roots to the rolling stock business of other pre-1999 merger entities, which started building rolling stock since 1964.

Railway products

Rolling stock

Notable projects include supplying majority of South Korea's rolling stock, which include

Korail The Korea Railroad Corporation () is the national railway operator in South Korea. It is branded as KORAIL () and changed its official Korean name () in November 2019. Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, managed by Ministry of Land, ...

's KTX

high-speed trains High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single def ...

electric multiple units An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number ...

(EMUs), and

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s. Other products in South Korea include supplying majority of

Seoul Metropolitan Subway The Seoul Metropolitan Subway () is a urban rail transit, metropolitan railway system consisting of 23 rapid transit, Medium-capacity rail transport system, light metro, commuter rail and people mover lines located in northwest South Korea. T ...

Busan Metro The Busan Metro () is the urban rail system operated by the Busan Transportation Corporation of Busan, South Korea. The metro network first opened in 1985 with seventeen stations, making Busan the second city in South Korea and third in the Kor ...

Lines, and

Shinbundang Line The Shinbundang Line (; literally, ''New Bundang Line'') or DX Line for Dynamic Express Line is a long line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. It is the world's fifth subway to run completely driverless and the second completely driverless metro ...

's rolling stock. International products include

New South Wales D set The New South Wales D sets, also referred to as the Mariyung trains, are a class of electric multiple units (EMU) that operate on Sydney Trains' intercity lines. The sets operate on the Blue Mountains Line, Central Coast & Newcastle Line and So ...

s serving intercity services of

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in Australia, K-Stock and R-Stock EMUs for Hong Kong's

MTR The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of Rail transport in Hong Kong, railway transportation. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), ...

, commuter EMUs for Taiwan, trains for the

Delhi Metro The Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system that serves Delhi and the adjoining satellite cities of Faridabad, Gurugram, Noida, Bahadurgarh, and Ballabhgarh in the National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region of India. The system cons ...

, and automated trains for the

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, Canada. It delivered 120 Silverliner V commuter trains for

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in the

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area in

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and 66 Silverliner Vs for Regional Transportation District (RTD)'s A Line. In June 2024, South Korea and

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concluded a KRW270 billion (approximately

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196 million at the time) deal to apply South Korean high-speed rail technology in Uzbekistan. It is the first export of high-speed trains with South Korean technology, where Hyundai Rotem will supply 6 sets (of 7 cars each) of high-speed trains, known as

UTY EMU-250 The UTY EMU-250 is a high-speed electric multiple unit trainset derived from the South Korean KTX family for Afrosiyob, Uzbekistan's high-speed rail service. The trains will be manufactured in South Korea by Hyundai Rotem, and will be the firs ...

, which is a variant of

KTX-Eum The KTX-Eum (), also known as Korail Class 150000 or EMU-260, is a South Korean high-speed electric multiple unit train manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail. It is the first domestically designed and developed high-speed EMU in ...

. In September 2024, Hyundai Rotem's EMU-320 high-speed train (the original name is used for further research and sales after naming as

KTX-Cheongryong The KTX-Cheongryong (), also known as Korail Class 160000 or EMU-320, is a South Korean high-speed electric multiple unit train manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail. It is the second domestically designed and developed high-spee ...

in South Korea) obtained the design certification of

Technical Specification for Interoperability A Technical Specification for Interoperability (abbreviated as TSI) is a text provided for in European Directive 2016/797 adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the interoperability of the European rail system ...

(TSI), which paved the way for Hyundai Rotem into the European high-speed rail market. As of early 2025, the largest order ever for Hyundai Rotem's rail solution division is a KRW2.2027 trillion (approximately

1.5 billion at the time) contract to supply double-deck electric trains to the

ONCF ONCF (from French: ''Office National des Chemins de Fer''; ''al-Maktab al-Waṭaniyy lis-Sikak al-Ḥadīdiyyah''; ''Moroccan National Railways Office'') is Morocco's national railway operator. ONCF is a state-owned company that is under the c ...

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's national railway operator, in the same year. It is the largest single order not only for the company but also for any South Korean rolling stock manufacturing company. Daejeon-metro-tram-train--built-by-hyundai-rotem--on-innotrans-fair--2024-09-24--picture-by-georgr--cc-by-sa

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Besides conventional trains powered by diesel,

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and

third rail A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a track (r ...

, Hyundai Rotem is also developing hydrogen mobility technology based on the

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technology system of its holding company,

. In 2021, a hybrid hydrogen fuel cell tram prototype was unveiled. A revised design was exhibited during InnoTrans 2022 in Berlin, which was later recognised in the product category of

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2023, and with a full-scale tram exhibited in the RailLog Korea 2023. Detailed specifications of the tram were announced in 2024, with the same full-scale tram being showcased in InnoTrans in the same year. Mass production model is expected to be firstly introduced to

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in South Korea, which is scheduled to commence operations in 2028. Other types of rolling stock, such as hydrogen fuel cell-powered locomotives and EMUs, are also under development. In the list below, not only the rolling stock built by Hyundai Rotem (also KOROS and Rotem, before their renaming) are included, those built by the pre-1999 merger entities of Hyundai Precision Industry, Daewoo Heavy Industries, and Hanjin Heavy Industries are also included.

High-speed trains

20220911 Cheongnyangni Station KTX-Eum 504

* South Korea **

KTX-I The KTX-I, also known as the TGV-K or Korail Class 100000, is a South Korean high speed train class based on the French TGV Réseau. The 20-car formation of the trainsets without a restaurant car is optimized for high capacity. The 46 trainsets ...

(34 of 46 trainsets, manufactured under

Alstom Alstom SA () is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional ...

licence) **

HSR-350x HSR-350x, alternatively called G7, KHST or NG-KTX, is a South Korean experimental high-speed train. It was developed and built in a joint project of government research institutes, universities and private companies that started in 1996, which aim ...

experimental train **

KTX-Sancheon The KTX-Sancheon (, formerly called the KTX-II) is a South Korean high-speed train built by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail and SR Corporation. With the maximum operational speed of , the KTX-Sancheon is the second commercial high-speed trai ...

HEMU-430X HEMU-430X (standing for High-Speed Electric Multiple Unit 430 km/h eXperimental) is a South Korean high-speed train intended for a maximum speed of . On 31 March 2013, it achieved in a test run, making South Korea the world's fourth count ...

experimental train (maximum speed: ) **

(EMU-260) **

(EMU-320) * Uzbekistan –

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(6 7-car trains, on order; designed based on KTX-Eum)

Regional / Intercity EMUs

* Australia –

s for

, linking

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with the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Newcastle, Illawarra, Wollongong, Shellharbour and South Coast district areas * Australia – Queensland Train Manufacturing Program for

Queensland Rail Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Queensland Rail is owned by the Queensland Government, and operates both Commuter rail, suburban and Regional rail, interurban rail services in South East Queensland, as well ...

(65 6-car trains, on order; to be jointly built by Hyundai Rotem and

Downer Rail Downer Rail is a business unit within the Downer Group. As well as manufacturing and maintaining railway rolling stock it holds maintenance contracts to maintain rail infrastructure. The head office is located in North Ryde. History The ED ...

in Torbanlea and Maryborough in

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) * Brazil –

CPTM The Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) () is one of the rapid transit companies serving the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metro, Via Quatro and Via Mobilidade, all four forming the largest metropolitan rail transpo ...

(

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

) EMU 9500 series * Brazil – Supervia (

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

) EMU 2500 series * Malaysia –

KTM Class 91 The Class 91 is a type of electric multiple unit currently operating on Keretapi Tanah Melayu's Electric Train Service (ETS) since 2009. KTMB purchased a total of 5 sets worth RM 240 million from a joint venture between South Korea's Rotem (compan ...

* Malaysia – KTM Class 83 (built by Hyundai Precision) * New Zealand – FP class for

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, for use in

Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...

* South Korea –

Korail Class 210000 The Korail Class 210000, also known as the EMU-150, is a South Korean higher-speed electrical multiple unit train manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail on ITX-Saemaeul services since 2014. History In 2011, Hyundai-Rotem and Korai ...

on the

ITX-Saemaeul The Intercity Train eXpress-Saemaeul (ITX-Saemaeul; ) is a class of train operated by Korail, the national railroad of South Korea, it was introduced on May 12, 2014, to replace the Saemaeul-ho. The new ITX-Saemaeul trains have a faster averag ...

* South Korea – Korail Class 368000 on the

ITX-Cheongchun Intercity Train eXpress-Cheongchun (ITX-Cheongchun; ) is a class of train operated by Korail, the national railroad of South Korea, introduced on February 28, 2012. ''ITX-Cheongchun'' is the successor of the Gyeongchun Line Mugunghwa-ho which op ...

* South Korea – on GTX-A * Taiwan –

Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway (TR) is a state-owned conventional railway in Taiwan. It is operated by the Taiwan Railway Corporation under the supervision of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Republic of China), Ministry of Transportation and ...

EMU500 series (built by Daewoo) * Taiwan –

EMU600 series (built by KOROS/Rotem) * Taiwan –

EMU900 series * Tanzania – EMUs for Tanzania SGR (appearance resembling Korail Class 210000) * Tunisia –

Sahel Metro The Sahel Train is an electrified, metre gauge railway and suburban rail line with trains serving Sousse and Mahdia, with a spur to Monastir, in Tunisia. The line has overhead electrification at 25 kV, 50 Hz. Including a triangular junction w ...

* Tunisia – Tunis RFR Lines D and E * Turkey –

Marmaray Marmaray () is a commuter rail line located in Istanbul, Turkey. The line runs from Halkalı, on the European side, to Gebze, on the Asian side, along the north shore of the Sea of Marmara. Mostly using the right-of-way of two existing com ...

E32000 series * Turkey –

Başkentray Başkentray (), formerly known as the Ankara suburban (), is the name of the long commuter rail line in Ankara, Turkey. It is operated by TCDD Taşımacılık on trackage owned by the Turkish State Railways. History The portion of the rail l ...

E23000 series * Turkey –

İZBAN İZBAN, previously known as Egeray, is a commuter rail system serving İzmir and its metropolitan area. Averaging a daily ridership of 185,000 passengers, it is the busiest commuter rail system in Turkey, slightly ahead of the Marmaray commuter ...

E22100 series * United States – Silverliner V for

(

) and

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(

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) * Ukraine – HRCS2 for

Ukrainian Railways The Public JSC Ukrainian Railways or PAT 'Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ)' () is a state-owned joint-stock company administering railway infrastructure and rail transport in Ukraine; a monopoly that controls the vast majority of the railroad transporta ...

Metro / Commuter EMUs

* Brazil –

São Paulo Metro The São Paulo Metro (, ), commonly called the ''Metrô'', is one of the rapid transit companies serving the city of São Paulo, alongside the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos, São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM), Via Quatro ...

, Line 4 * Brazil –

Salvador Metro The Salvador Metro (Brazilian Portuguese: ''Metrô de Salvador'', commonly called ''Metrô or Sistema Metropolitano Salvador-Lauro de Freitas'') is a rapid transit system serving Salvador city, the state capital of Bahia and the fifth largest c ...

* Canada –

Vancouver SkyTrain SkyTrain is the medium-capacity rapid transit system serving the Metro Vancouver region in British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks running on underground and elevated guidewa ...

Hyundai Rotem EMU * Egypt –

Cairo Metro The Cairo Metro (, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or ) is a rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It was the first of the three full-fledged metro systems in Africa and the first in the Middle East to be constructed. It was opened in ...

EMUs for Lines 2 and 3 * Greece –

Athens Metro The Athens Metro () is a rapid transit system serving the Athens urban area in Greece. Line 1 opened as a single-track conventional steam railway in 1869 and was electrified in 1904. Beginning in 1991, Elliniko Metro S.A. constructed and ext ...

EMUs (for lines 2, 3 and Athens Airport service) * Hong Kong –

** K-train for

Tseung Kwan O line The Tseung Kwan O line () is one of the ten lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It is currently long, taking 15 minutes to travel throughout the entire line. It is indicated in on the MTR map. The line runs from North Point on the ...

(previously

Kwun Tong line The Kwun Tong line () is a rapid transit line of the MTR network in Hong Kong. Starting at Whampoa station, Whampoa in Hung Hom and ending at Tiu Keng Leng station, Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung Town, Sai Kung, the route has 1 ...

) and

Tung Chung line The Tung Chung line () is one of the ten lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong, linking the town of Tung Chung with central Hong Kong. It was built in the 1990s as part of the Airport Railway project, part of the construction of the new ...

** R-train for

East Rail line The East Rail line () is one of the ten lines that form MTR, the rapid transit, mass transit system in Hong Kong. The railway line starts at Lo Wu station, Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau station, Lok Ma Chau, both of which are Border checkpoint, b ...

* India –

**Phase 1 – broad gauge EMUs;

Red Line (Delhi Metro) The Red Line (Line 1) is a rapid transit metro line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi, India. It is mostly an elevated line and has List of Delhi metro stations, 29 stations that runs from Rithala metro station, Rithala to Shaheed Sthal metro station ...

Yellow Line (Delhi Metro) The Yellow Line (Line 2) is a rapid transit metro line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi, India. It consists of 37 stations from Samaypur Badli in Delhi to Millennium City Centre in the neighbouring city of Gurgaon in Haryana. The line is mostly ...

(erstwhile user),

Blue Line (Delhi Metro) The Blue Line (Line 3 & Line 4) is a rapid transit metro line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi, India. Predominantly elevated, it is the longest line (by total length) on the network and consists of a Main Line (Line 3) with 50 stations from Noida ...

**Phase 2 – standard gauge EMUs;

Green Line (Delhi Metro) The Green Line (Line 5) is a rapid transit metro line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi, India. The line consists of 24 stations covering a total length of . It runs between Inderlok and Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh with a branch line connecting the ...

Violet Line (Delhi Metro) The Violet Line (Line 6) is a rapid transit metro line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi, India. The line connects Kashmere Gate station in New Delhi with Raja Nahar Singh in Ballabhgarh via Faridabad. The line consists of 34 metro stations with a ...

**Phase 3 – standard gauge driverless EMUs;

Pink Line (Delhi Metro) The Pink Line (Line 7) is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India. It consists of 38 metro stations from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar, both in North Delhi. At , the Pink Line is the longest individual line ...

Magenta Line (Delhi Metro) The Magenta Line is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India and the first driverless metro in India. The line, which trundles across South Delhi and is majorly underground, spans and consists of 26 metro ...

, Grey Line (Delhi Metro) * India –

Ahmedabad Metro Ahmedabad Metro is a rapid transit system for the cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Gujarat state of India. Currently the network is long and has 40 stations. The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited was established in February 2010 ...

EMUs, Bangalore Metro EMUs,

Hyderabad Metro The Hyderabad Metro is a rapid transit system, serving the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is the Urban rail transit in India#List of systems, third longest operational metro network in India after Delhi Metro and Namma Metro (Bengalur ...

EMUs,

Nagpur Metro Nagpur Metro is a rapid transit system for the city of Nagpur, located in the state of Maharashtra, India. The system consists of 2 colour-coded lines serving 37 stations, with a total length of 38.2 kilometres (23.7 mi). It is the List of ...

EMUs * Kazakhstan –

Almaty Metro Almaty Metro (, ''Almaty Metropolitenı''; ) is a rapid transit, rapid transit/metro system in Almaty, the largest city and a former capital of Kazakhstan. The first line of the system was opened on 1 December 2011, after more than 23 years of ...

EMUs * Malaysia –

Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit The Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit project is a planned three-line mass rapid transit (MRT) system in the Klang Valley (Greater Kuala Lumpur), an urban conurbation in Malaysia which includes the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The MRT lines, w ...

Putrajaya line The MRT Putrajaya Line is the second Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Klang Valley, Malaysia, and the third fully automated and driverless rail system in the country. It was previously known as the MRT Sungai Buloh–Serdang–Putrajaya Line ...

EMUs * Philippines – Manila LRT Line 2 2000 class (with

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for electrical components) * Philippines – Manila MRT Line 7 000 class * Singapore – SMRT C151 refurbishment, J151 sets for Jurong Region Line * South Korea – 2000 series EMU for

Seoul Metro Seoul Transportation Corporation, branded as Seoul Metro (), is a municipal-owned corporation owned by Seoul Metropolitan Government, and one of the two major operators of Seoul Metropolitan Subway with Korail. History On May 31, 2017, ...

Line 2, 5000/6000/7000/8000 series EMU for the former SMRT (now under Seoul Metro),

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, DGSC, BTC,

AREX AREX (Airport Railroad Express; ) is an airport rail link and commuter rail line in the Seoul Metropolitan Area of South Korea, linking Incheon International Airport and Gimpo International Airport with Seoul Station. The section between the ...

, and

Daegu Metro Daegu Metro () is a metro system that serves primarily the South Korean city of Daegu. It encompasses the three lines operated by Daegu Transportation Corporation (DTRO)—Line 1, Line 2, and Line 3—as well as the Daegu–Gyeongbuk Line (D ...

Line 2 * South Korea –

Class 1000 (Hyundai Precision), Class 2000 (Hanjin) and Class 3000 (Rotem) * Taiwan –

Taoyuan Metro The Taoyuan Metro (formerly Taoyuan Rail Transit and officially Taoyuan Mass Rapid Transit System) is a rapid transit system serving Taoyuan City, as well as parts of New Taipei City and Taipei, Taipei City, in Taiwan. The most recently proposed ...

Green Line EMUs * Taiwan –

Taipei Metro Taipei Metro (also known as Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and branded as Metro Taipei) is a rapid transit system operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation serving the capital Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan. It was the first rapi ...

Heavy-capacity EMUs * Taiwan –

Kaohsiung Metro Kaohsiung Metro () is a rapid transit and light rail system covering the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its rapid transit network is known as Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System or Kaohsiung Rapid Transit (KRT). Construction of the MRT ...

Red Line extension EMUs * Turkey –

Istanbul Metro The Istanbul Metro () is a rapid transit railway network that serves the city of Istanbul, Turkey. Apart from the M11 line, which is operated by TCDD Taşımacılık, the system is operated by Metro Istanbul, a public enterprise controlled by th ...

Line M2, Line M6, Line M7 and Line M8 * United States –

Los Angeles Metro Rail The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system serving Los Angeles County, California, United States, consisting of six lines: four light rail lines (the A, C, E and K lines) and two rapid transit lines (the B and D lines), ...

HR5000

Trams and light rail vehicles

* Canada –

Edmonton LRT Edmonton Light Rail Transit, commonly referred to as the LRT, is a light rail system in Edmonton, Alberta. Part of the Edmonton Transit Service (ETS), the system has 29 stations on three lines and of track. Much of the system has a dedicated r ...

Valley Line West (40 low-floor LRVs, on order) * Philippines –

Manila LRT Line 1 The Light Rail Transit Line 1, commonly referred to as LRT Line 1 or LRT-1, is a state-owned (through Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA)) but privately operated (by Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC)) light rapid transit system line in Me ...

1100 class high-floor LRVs (with

Adtranz Adtranz was a multi-national rail transportation equipment manufacturer with facilities concentrated in Europe and the US. The company, legally known as ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation, was created in 1996 as a joint venture between ABB and Daim ...

) * Poland – Warsaw tram network 140N, 141N, 142N (123 low-floor trams) * South Korea –

Ui LRT The Ui LRT, referred to as the Ui-Sinseol LRT or Ui-Sinseol Line (우이신설선) in Korean, is a light metro which is part of Seoul Metropolitan Subway. It is a fully underground Light Rapid Transit line from Ui-dong to Sinseol-dong in nort ...

trainsets,

Gimpo Goldline The Gimpo Goldline ( or ) is a light metro line opened on 28 September 2019. Background Under the third mayor of Gimpo City, Kim Dongsik (김동식), the line was going to be an extension of Line 5. This idea was rejected by Seoul Metropolit ...

trainsets * South Korea –

Incheon Subway Line 2 Incheon Subway Line 2 () is a driverless, medium-capacity subway line running from Oryu-dong in Seo-gu to Incheon Grand Park, with 27 stations, part of the Incheon Subway system. The line is also included as a part of the overall Seoul Met ...

first generation trainsets * South Korea –

hydrogen fuel cell trams (on order) * Turkey – Istanbul LRT T4 high-floor LRVs * Turkey –

Adana Metro Adana Metro () is a rail rapid transit system extending along a north–south corridor through Adana, with 13 stations. It can transport 21,600 passengers per hour per direction. The total travel time on the metro, end to end, takes 21 minutes, ...

high-floor LRVs * Turkey – Antalya trams * Turkey – Izmir trams * Indonesia –

Jakarta LRT The Jakarta Light Rapid Transit or Jakarta LRT (, lit. "Jakarta Integrated Rail Line") is one of the light rapid transit systems in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. It is conceived and built by the Jakarta provincial government. The firs ...

high-floor LRVs

Locomotives

* Bangladesh –

Bangladesh Railway Bangladesh Railway () is the state-owned rail transport agency of Bangladesh. It operates and maintains all railways in the country, and is overseen by the Directorate General of Bangladesh Railway. The Bangladesh Railway is governed by the Mi ...

Classes 2900,

3000 3000 or 3000s usually refers to: * 3000 (number), the decimal number * 3000 AD/CE, the first year of the 31st century * 3000 BC(E), a year in the 3rd millennium BC * 3000s AD/CE, a decade, century, millennium in the 4th millennium * 3000s BC(E), ...

diesel-electric locomotives (both under EMD licence) * South Korea –

Class 4400 ( GT18B-M), 7000, 7100, 7200, 7300, 7400, 7500 ( GT26CW series), 7600 (

GE PowerHaul The GE PowerHaul is a class of mainline diesel-electric locomotives designed by General Electric. Thirty locomotives were ordered by Freightliner in 2007; the first locomotive was completed in July 2009 at GE's Erie, Pennsylvania, plant. The ...

) diesel-electric locomotives * South Korea –

Korail Class 8000 The Korail Class 8000 locomotive is a series of South Korean electric locomotives operated by Korail. This locomotive was introduced from 1972 to 1990, after electrification of several industrial lines. It was assigned both passenger and freig ...

(under Alstom licence), 8200 (under

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational technology conglomerate. It is focused on industrial automation, building automation, rail transport and health technology. Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe, and holds the positi ...

licence) electric locomotives * South Korea –

Korail Class 8500 The Korail Class 8500 is a South Korean electric locomotive owned and operated by the Korean national railroad operator Korail, built by Hyundai Rotem. Unlike previous electric locomotive models owned by Korail, Class 8500 used traction motors sup ...

electric locomotives * Tanzania – E68000 electric locomotives for Tanzania SGR * Turkey –

TCDD E68000 TCDD E68000 (stylised as E 68 000 on painted registration numbers) is a series of electric locomotives used by the Turkish State Railways. The locomotives have a power output of 5,000 kW and are capable of 140 km/h (87 mph) speed. History Th ...

electric locomotives (for first 8 only, later 72 built by

TÜLOMSAŞ TÜLOMSAŞ () was a locomotive and wagon builder in Turkey. It was the main locomotive supplier of the Turkish State Railways and was one of the two companies that designed and assembled locomotives in Turkey along with EUROTEM. The company headq ...

under Hyundai Rotem license)

Push-pull coaches

* Taiwan –

E1000 push-pull trains * United States – Rotem bi-level push-pull cars **

MBTA The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network in ...

BTC-4D and CTC-5 cars ** Metrolink Guardian cars BTC-5 **

Tri-Rail Tri-Rail is a commuter rail service linking Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach in Florida, United States. The ''Tri'' prefix in the name refers to the three counties served by the railroad: Palm Beach County, Palm Beach, Broward Count ...

BTC-5 push-pull cars

Diesel multiple unit A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...
s (DMUs)

* Iran –

Islamic Republic of Iran Railways The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (abbreviated as IRIR, or sometimes as RAI, or as IRI Railway) () is the national state-owned railway system of Iran. The Raja Passenger Train Company is an associate of the IR, and manages its passenger t ...

railbus A railbus is a lightweight passenger railcar with an automotive engine. It shares many aspects of its construction with a bus, typically having a bus (original or modified) body and four wheels (2 axles) on a fixed base instead of on bogies. O ...

* Ireland –

Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann, () or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national Rail transport in Ireland, railway network of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of CIÉ, Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal I ...

22000 Class * Philippines –

PNR A passenger name record (PNR) is a record in the database of a computer reservation system (CRS) that contains the itinerary for a passenger or a group of passengers travelling together. The concept of a PNR was first introduced by airlines that ...

Metro Commuter Line DMUs * South Korea –

Saemaeul-ho The Saemaeul-ho, formerly known as the Saemaul-ho and Saemaul Express, is a class of train operated by Korail, the national railroad of South Korea, since February 8, 1969. Before the introduction of the KTX express trains, the Saemaeul-ho was ...

diesel-hydraulic multiple units (built by Daewoo, Hanjin, and Hyundai Precision) * South Korea –

Korail Commuter Diesel Car The Korail Commuter Diesel Car () or CDC for short were commuter diesel multiple units in South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Pe ...

(CDC), Refurbished Diesel Car (RDC) (built by Daewoo) * Syria –

Syrian Railways Syrian Railways Corporation (, , CFS) is the national railway operator for the state of Syria, subordinate to the Ministry of Transport (Syria), Ministry of Transport. It was established in 1956 and was headquartered in Aleppo. Syria's rail infr ...

* Thailand –

State Railway of Thailand The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) (, abbrev. รฟท., ) is the state-owned rail operator under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport (Thailand), Ministry of Transport in Thailand. History The SRT was founded as the Royal State Rail ...

(SRT) APD.20 and APD.60 DMUs (then by Daewoo) * Turkey –

TCDD TCDD may refer to: * Turkish State Railways (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları), the national railway carrier of Turkey ** TCDD Taşımacılık, a Turkish transport company responsible for railway operations * 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodiox ...

DM15000, MT30000

Maglev trains

* South Korea **

ECOBEE ecobee is a Toronto, Canada-based home automation company that makes smart thermostats, temperature, and occupancy sensors, smart light switches, smart cameras, and contact sensors. They were acquired by the American company Generac Holdings in ...

on the

Incheon Airport Maglev The Incheon Airport Maglev was a maglev line in South Korea that opened on 3 February 2016 and closed on 1 September 2023. It was the world's second commercially operating unmanned urban maglev line after Japan's Linimo. The trains were light ...

UTM-02 UTM-02 is a South Korean maglev train developed for the continuous research of magnetic levitation trains. The vehicle development was undertaken by the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials. It was used on the National Science Museum Maglev ...

Railway signalling

Hyundai Rotem is also involved in South Korea's national research project to develop a domestic railway signalling system, known as

Korean Train Control System The Korean Train Control System (KTCS) is a train protection system established as a standard specification for the South Korean railway. KTCS-1 is designed for general lines (ATP), KTCS-2 for high-speed lines, and KTCS-M for Urban rail transit. ...

(KTCS), together with

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT; ) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. Its headquarters is in the Sejong Government Office in Sejong City. Previously the agency was headquartered in the 4th buil ...

, Korea Railroad Research Institute,

Korea National Railway Korea National Railway is a railroad construction and management company in South Korea formed by the merger of KNR Construction Headquarters and Korean Express Railroad Construction Corporation. Its main clients are Korail. It is a subsidiary ...

, as well as other industry players such as LS Electric. In 2018, KTCS-2, a category of KTCS designed for mainline tracks, was successfully developed, then with the R&D, performance verification, and product certification completed by Hyundai Rotem. In 2023 and 2024, commercial operation of KTCS-2 systems installed by Hyundai Rotem commenced on the

Jeolla Line The Jeolla Line () is a railway line in North and South Jeolla Provinces in South Korea. The line is served by frequent passenger trains from Seoul (via the Gyeongbu and Honam Lines) to Yeosu. History The first railway along a section of ...

and

Daegyeong Line The Daegyeong Line () is a commuter rail service of the Daegu Metropolitan Subway system which connects the cities of Gumi, Daegu, and Gyeongsan. Services are operated by Korail on the existing Gyeongbu Line. History The line opened for servic ...

, respectively.

In commercial operation

(KTCS-2) *

(KTCS-2)

On test

Ilsan Line Ilsan Line is a Rapid transit in South Korea, subway line operated by Korail, in Seoul, South Korea. Trains from this line continue to and from Seoul Metro's Seoul Subway Line 3, Line 3. History The line started construction on March 15, 1991 ...

(KTCS-M)

Defense products

* K1 main battle tank (MBT) * K1 armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) *

K2 Black Panther K2 Black Panther () is a South Korean List of main battle tanks by generation#Fourth Generation, fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT), designed by the Agency for Defense Development and manufactured by Hyundai Rotem. The tank's design bega ...

MBT * K600 Rhino combat engineering vehicle (CEV) *

K808 White Tiger The K808/806 White Tiger ( "Baekho", Hanja: 白虎) wheeled armored personnel carrier (APC) is family of 8x8 and 6x6 armored vehicles. Developed by Hyundai Rotem as a private venture in 2012, the Republic of Korea Army, Korean Army declared a p ...

armored personnel carrier (APC) * K806 White Tiger APC * Decon machinery * 60-ton heavy equipment transporter (HET) * K1 tank gunnery trainer * Depot maintenance * Integrated logistics system

Plant and Machinery products

* Logistics solutions **

Automated guided vehicle An automated guided vehicle (AGV), different from an autonomous mobile robot (AMR), is a portable robot that follows along marked long lines or wires on the floor, or uses radio waves, vision cameras, magnets, or lasers for navigation. They ar ...

s for warehouses, ports **

Baggage handling system A baggage handling system is a type of conveyor system installed in airports that transports checked luggage from ticket counters to areas where the bags can be loaded onto airplanes. A baggage handling system also transports checked baggage comi ...

Conveyor system A conveyor system is a common piece of mechanical handling equipment that moves materials from one location to another. Conveyors are especially useful in applications involving the transport of heavy or bulky materials. Conveyor systems allow ...

for

automotive industry The automotive industry comprises a wide range of company, companies and organizations involved in the design, Business development, development, manufacturing, marketing, selling, Maintenance, repairing, and Custom car, modification of motor ve ...

** Passenger boarding bridges to planes and

cruise ship Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call, where passengers may go on Tourism, tours k ...

s * Mechanical press, Hydraulic press, Servo press, Auto racking system *

Steel mill A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel. It may be an integrated steel works carrying out all steps of steelmaking from smelting iron ore to rolled product, but may also be a plant where steel semi-fini ...

construction ** Electric arc furnace for steel-making ** Ladle furnace, cranes *

Hydrogen infrastructure A hydrogen infrastructure is the infrastructure of points of hydrogen production, truck and pipeline transport, and hydrogen stations for the distribution and sale of hydrogen fuel, and thus a crucial prerequisite before a successful commercial ...

Steam methane reforming Steam reforming or steam methane reforming (SMR) is a method for producing syngas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide) by reaction of hydrocarbons with water. Commonly, natural gas is the feedstock. The main purpose of this technology is often hydrogen ...

(SMR) of natural gas ** Hydrogen stations, shipping centres

Selected railway projects

Hyderabad Metro

Hyderabad Metro Rail announced on September 12, 2012, that it has awarded the rolling stock tender to Hyundai Rotem of South Korea. The tender is for 57 rakes consisting of 171 cars which will delivered phase wise at least 9 months before the commencement of each stage. On 22 May 2014 the first train had arrived at Uppal depot in Hyderabad. On 31 December 2014,

created a new technology record by successfully running a train in Automatic Train Operation (ATO) mode for the first time on Indian soil between Nagole and Mettuguda.

Istanbul Marmaray

Hyundai Rotem announced on November 11, 2008, that it had signed a €580m contract to supply the rolling stock for the

cross-Bosporus tunnel project in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

. The Korean firm saw off competition from short-listed bidders Alstom, CAF and a consortium of Bombardier, Siemens and Nurol for the 440-vehicle contract which was placed by the Ministry of Transport's General Directorate of Railways, Harbours & Airports. The 22 m long stainless steel cars will be formed into 10 and five-car EMUs. Some production will be carried out locally by

Eurotem EUROTEM, alternatively Hyundai EURotem, is a joint enterprise between Hyundai Rotem of South Korea and TÜVASAŞ and ASAŞ of Turkey which was founded in 2006

, Hyundai Rotem's joint venture with Turkish rolling stock manufacturer

TÜVASAŞ Turkish Wagon Industry, Inc. (), more commonly known as TÜVASAŞ, was a Turkish railcar manufacturer based in Adapazarı. TÜVASAŞ was responsible for the construction, refurbishment and repair of railcars for the Turkish State Railways (TCDD), ...

. The cars will arrive in three batches, the first 160 cars by 2011, the last by June 2014. Hyundai Rotem won its first contract in Turkey in 1996, and has now completed seven orders for a total of 804 vehicles worth US$1·6bn. In July it signed a contract to provide 84 DMUs in conjunction with Tüvasas. 'Hyundai Rotem has earned the trust of Turkey by providing high quality products and technology', said Executive Vice-chairman Yeo-Sung Lee. 'We believe this brightens the outlook for future business opportunities in Turkey such as the Istanbul line and the

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

line.'

Controversies

Boston MBTA

Hyundai Rotem was awarded a contract with Boston's MBTA in early 2008 for the construction of 75 cars. The contract entails the delivery of the first 4 cars by October 2010 while the remaining 71 cars were scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2012. However, due to chronic delays, shoddy workmanship, material shortage, and the death of Hyundai Rotem's chief executive, M.H. Lee, in November 2012, only four cars have been delivered by the end of 2012. On December 21, 2012, the MBTA sent a letter to Hyundai Rotem threatening to cancel the contract if a solution is not soon reached, which, would be a breach of the contract terms. Since then, the new cars have continued to experience various mechanical problems resulting in car shortages and delays. Despite this, as of 2024, the MBTA has been exercising the option to order additional train cars.

Ukrainian Railways HRCS2 trains

In December 2010,

entered into contract with Hyundai Rotem to order 10 multiple units of HRCS2 trains in preparation for the football championship

UEFA Euro 2012 The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th UEFA European Championship, European Championship for List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe), men's ...

to transport passengers between cities that would host sporting events. The first two trains were delivered by ship to

Odesa Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern ...

on March 11, 2012, which were than transferred to

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

for acceptance testing. Six units passed their acceptance tests by June 1, 2012 and were deployed during the Euro 2012 tournament. The remaining four trains arrived around August 2012. Passenger service using these trains officially started on May 27, 2012 with

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

-Kharkiv and Kyiv-

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

routes. The trains are used on a premium service introduced in Ukraine specifically for them, called ''Intercity'' and ''Intercity+'' (). However, due to the short timeframe between entering the contract and delivery of the first trains (approximately 15 months), the trains had not undergone full-scale four-season tests, as is usually done in the railway industry. In December 2012 the trains were breaking down almost on a daily basis due to cold weather. This led to criticism by passengers and then

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine (, ) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. ...

Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (born 9 July 1950) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member of t ...

that the trains were bought. Hyundai Rotem offered its apologies to Ukrainian passengers, citing its "first winter in the country". The company will have its own team of engineers in Ukraine till 2018. In early October 2013 the company guaranteed "continuous operation" of the Intercity+ trains in the coming autumn and winter. However, all trains were taken out of service on February 12, 2014. Service resumed with one train set on April 29, 2014. Further rectifying works were scheduled to be completed by July 2014. After further maintenance, train performance had been stabilized. During the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

in 2022, these trains were one of the lifelines for maintaining adequate railway services. In August 2024, there were reports suggesting that Ukrainian Railways intended to order 20 more train sets from Hyundai Rotem as part of their modernization of train fleet.

Notes

References

External links

Official website in English

Official website in Korean
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