2010 ~ Present

• 2020.11

  Success in aerodynamic test of miniature hypertube at 1,019km/h (World’s fastest speed in subvacuum status)

• 2020.10

  pproval from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for low-floor tram on the Busan Metro Line 6 (Korea’s first tram)

• 2020.04

  Success in oversea expansion of railway test infrastructure through private-public cooperation (win a 550 billion-KRW contract for test track in Singapore)

• 2019.03

  Completion of comprehensive railway test track in Osong

• 2018.12

  Gauge changing bogie technology received the 2018 Innovation Award by International Union of Railways (UIC)

• 2018.04

  Completion of real scale test facilities in Osong

• 2017.12

  KRRI received the Top 100 Leading Technology in 2025 Korea by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (regarding interoperable technology of Korea-Eurasia railway and 3 other technologies)

• 2017.09

  Mini Tram was awarded as the Outstanding Research Achievement by the Ministry of Science and ICT

• 2016.12

  IoT based freight train monitoring technology received the 2016 Innovation Award by International Union of Railways (UIC)

• 2016.11

  2016 Korea Technology Awards (HEMU-430X bullet train)

• 2015.12

  Production of the first founder from a researcher (Nemosis)

• 2015.10

  Wireless power transfer technology and concrete accelerating curing technology were awarded as the Outstanding Research Achievement by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning

• 2015.09

  Korea High-speed Train was awarded as one of the top 70th technologies of Korea

• 2014.12

  KRRI received the 2014 Innovation Award from the International Union of Railways (UIC) for its wireless tram and wireless power transmission train technologies

• 2013.12

  KRRI was recognized as an excellent institute by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning for its excellent management and sharing research facilities

• 2013.04

  KRRI was recognized as an excellent institute for research project management during a nationwide institute evaluation by the Korea Research Council for Industrial Science and Technology

• 2013.03

  Increased the top speed of HEMU-430X (421.4km/h, ranked fourth fastest in the world)

• 2012.11

  KRRI received the Korea’s Top Technology Commercialization Institute award by the National Science & Technology Council

• 2012.10

  Bimodal tram was selected as the “10th New Transportation Technology” by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport

• 2011.04

  KRRI was appointed as the best research institute (1st place in research institute evaluation) by the Korea Research Council for Industrial Science and Technology

• 2010.12

  KRRI had the highest levels of customer satisfaction for three years (since 2008) among the institutes supported by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy

1996 ~ 2009

• 2009.11

  Electric railway energy storage system was certified as New Excellent Technology (NET)

• 2008.05

  KRRI held the World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR) 2008

• 2007.04

  Korean TTX (Tilting Train Express) was selected as the National Top-Brand project among government-funded institutes

• 2006.10

  Korean high-speed trains won a gold medal from Korea Technology Awards

• 2005.10

  Korean self-driving lightweight train transit, K-AGT (Korean-Automated Guideway Transit), was confirmed to be implemented for Busan’s “Minam-Anpyeong” subway line

• 2004.10

  KRRI’s establishment basis law was revised to the Act on Establishment and Operations of Government-funded Science & Technology Research Institutes and Other Related Organizations (affiliated with the Ministry of Science and Technology).

• 2000.08

  KRRI was approved as an official test center of KOLAS (Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme) by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards in Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy

• 1999.01

  KRRI’s establishment basis law was revised to the Act on Establishment and Operations of Government-funded Research Institutes (affiliated with the Prime Minister’s Office)

• 1996.03

  KRRI, funded by Korea Railroad (KORAIL), was established under the provision of the Act on Special Cases Concerning National Railway Operations.