Saemaeul-ho

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Saemaeul-ho
Saemaeul DL Janghang Line.jpg
Retired Car-type Saemaeul-ho train hauled by a Hyundai Precision GT26CW-2 locomotive at Suwon Station.
Overview
Service type Regional rail
StatusOperating (along Janghang Line)
Locale South Korea
First serviceFebruary 10, 1969
Successor ITX-Saemaeul
Current operator(s) Korail
Route
Termini Yongsan
Iksan
Stops18
Line(s) used Janghang Line
Technical
Rolling stock
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
  1. "Yonhap New Agency". english.yonhapnews.co.kr.
  2. Half of the room / Half called the restaurant as a so-called halter.
  3. This carriage is called "old mugunghwa" in the meaning of "old cabin for special rooms".
  4. It was the same as the seat of Tongil Hall or Mugunghwa Privileged Train
  5. Even some of the carriages remodeled the backrest with the lower body untouched.
  6. The seating arrangement was a 2x1 configuration. Compared to the more spacious seats, the legrest is equipped with exactly what was used in the 2x2 arrangement, which is somewhat uncomfortable for the actual ride.
  7. Originally, the size of the character window of the electronic signboard was designed accordingly.
  8. It was removed from the new Mugunghwa coach car which was built and introduced from 1994 to 1995, which borrowed the same design as the Saemaulho service space.
  9. The Kwan-Gwang Ho is not the first dining car in Korea.
  10. Due to the nature of the train operation, the complaints of the passengers were not disrupted and the deficit was increased.
  11. Lunchbell Co., Ltd., which operated a dining car until the restaurant car was reorganized into a café carriage, was the company that operated the dining car.
  12. From the beginning of the dining car to early 1994, and from early 2001 to early 2004. In the middle of the gap period, all the menus were cooked in the same manner as the airplane meals in order to improve the quality of the food in the train dining room, and then it was not necessary to have a chef since it was provided to the microwave oven .
  13. Then, in early 2001, he reorganized the train restaurant in the name of Plaza Express. He was able to cook again on the train and provided him with a menu, which served him for several years before he left the train restaurant business.
  14. However, in the case of the production of some semi-trailer vehicles such as Seoul-Janghang, Cheongnyangni-Andong, the waiter was also a one-person sales system that serves food alone and in-car sales. In addition, the number of menus to be sold in comparison with other train restaurants was small, because the vehicle of this antitheft response type was often attached to a short distance or a train with low demand.
  15. The lunch box sold at the Saemaulho restaurant was used as a lunch box of Hanwha Hotel & Resort. The Plaza Hotel itself is a Hanwha Group affiliate, and the restaurant business division, which served as a train restaurant business, was separated into Hanwha Development as a subsidiary.
  16. In the early days when plaza Hotel passed the goodwill, there were many food-oriented menus, and there were some form menus that were unfamiliar in Korea and easy to handle in the dining car.
  17. Beginning with the goodwill of the Seoul Plaza Hotel in the early 1990s, it began to appear one by one, starting with the roasted meats.
  18. Beer, Korean wine, and Baekseju were the main focus. In the 2000s, standard-style whiskey such as Passport, which was not treated well by other brand-name whiskeys, was also on the menu under the name of premium whiskey.
  19. Internet PCs have been removed from most trains due to the low usage rate due to the spread of smartphones.
  20. Karaoke equipment was installed in the mini concert room, massage chair was installed in the therapy room. The utilization rate is also low, and it has been long since it has been reduced to a space complex.
  21. 지난 1일 여수發 서울行… 3시간새 한열차에 3명 치여, 동아일보, 2002-05-02. Retrieved on 2020-09-26.