
A high-speed railway linking the South Korean capital to the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games is set to open to the public Friday.
The KTX Gyeonggang high-speed line connects Seoul and the eastern coastal city of Gangneung in Gangwon province in just under two hours, and Olympic venues can be reached even faster.
That’s compared to the five hours it took previously with no KTX line.
The government invested four-point-three trillion won to have the rail line cut across Gangwon’s Taebaek Mountain range.
During the Winter Games, opening just 50 days from now, the government plans to operate train lines that will take international athletes and tourists directly from Incheon airport to Olympic venues.