Railway vacationers stroll up the steps at Seoul Station, Dec. 23, 2025. Yonhap
The full variety of Korea’s railway passengers hit a report excessive final yr, pushed by rising demand for high-speed practice providers, the transport ministry mentioned Wednesday.
A complete of 172.2 million folks traveled by practice in 2025, up 0.6 % from a yr earlier, based on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
The nation’s two high-speed rail providers — KTX and SRT — carried a report 118.7 million passengers final yr, up 2.6 % from a yr in the past.
About 93 million folks used KTX, averaging 254,000 riders per day, whereas some 26 million traveled on SRT, with a every day common of 71,000.
Nonetheless, the variety of typical practice passengers fell 3.6 % on-year to 53 million final yr.
The Seoul-Busan line was the busiest route, with 83.6 million railway vacationers, together with 61.4 million on high-speed trains.
Seoul Station was the busiest practice station final yr, dealing with 43.9 million passengers, adopted by Busan practice station with 26.1 million and Dongdaegu practice station with 20.5 million.
