President Moon Jae-in took a bullet train trip between Seoul and Gangwon Province on Tuesday to check South Korea’s preparedness for the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

The ten-carriage KTX train left Seoul Station at around noon, running on the KTX Gyeonggang high-speed train line, three days ahead of the official opening of the line.

President Moon was accompanied by 20 South Korean citizens who won the special train ride after buying tickets for the Olympics. 

Also aboard was another PyeongChang honorary ambassador, Jung Yong-hwa, the leader of the South Korean rock band CNBLUE, and 2006 Torino Olympic short track speed skating gold medalist Byun Chun-sa.

The new train line cuts the traveling time between Seoul and Gangneung in eastern Gangwon Province from more than five hours to a mere 86 minutes.