Minister of Science and Technology Oh Myung took HSR350x train
that test ran Kwangmyung-Daejon on September 11 accompanied by as
many as fifty staff of the office.

Before departure scheduled at 11 a.m., Minister Oh had a friendly
chitchat with Dr. Dahl-ho Song, president of Korea Railroad Research
Institute and had been briefed on the high speed railway project.

The train left Kwangmyung station slightly past 11 in the morning
and made it to Daejon in 40 minute hour. Seemed attracted to the
local technology-based bullet train, Minister Oh looked while on
board around the train checking some major systems and reiterated
the importance of safety and security. Including persons concerned
from Ministry of Construction and Transportation and Korea National
Railroad, other VIP attendees at the event were chief of Korea National
Railroad Seho Kim, president of Rotem Co., Ltd. Chung, Hak Jin.

With 129 other organizations involved, KRRI led the magnum project
of developing HSR350x ranging from its design to core equipment
parts like asynchronous motor and propulsion control system. Boasting
92 percent of localized technology applied to the development HSR350x
is test running Kwangmyung-Osong track on Kyungbu line every week.
KRRI is ready to face a new challenge and break the current speed
record of 324km/h to reach up to 350km/h by the year end.