Background The Honam high-speed railway project was a large, national project budgeted at US $7 billion to build a new Korea Train Express (KTX) to connect Osong station and Songjeong station in Gwangju, South Korea. The railway, which is 185 kilometers, began operation in April 2015. Thanks to this new high-speed train, travel time between Yongsan Station (Seoul) to Songjeong Station (Gwangju) was 2hr 39min, and is now 1hr 33min. The train’s maximum speed is 300km/h. Challenge This is a high-speed rail service that traverses roadbed, bridges and tunnels, and stops at five stations. The train is equipped with 410 seats -- a significant number of passengers. In recent years, experts have warned that the Korean Peninsula is no longer safe from strong shock waves and called for disa

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