한국의 경제개발과 고속철도 산업의 발전에 관한 연구 - KTX의 도입과 기술 고도화를 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine Korean railways, which have continuously developed the railway industry since the 1960s and raised the development and technology of high-speed railway to the world level. In order to carry out the research purpose, the industrial history research method of railroad was adopted. First of all, through this study, it was found that the economic development plan that had been implemented since the early 1960s had been successful, and the foundation for the development of the railway industry had been laid. Also, in the 1970s and 1980s, it can be said that the advancement of the industrial structure and the improvement of living standards following economic development changed the transportation environment. In addition, from the early 1990s, along with structural reforms for railway finance independence and management improvement, high-speed railways were introduced and developed. The opening of KTX in April 2004 marked a turning point in the development of the high-speed rail business. In particular, in 2005, the existing National Railroad Administration was reorganized into Korea Railroad Corporation, and in 2007, the overall management was unified with KORAIL. It can be said that the changes in the circumstances of the times contributed to the advancement of high-speed train development technology along with groundbreaking changes in railroad business and business execution. As a result, it overcame the limitations of the early KTX model and developed an efficient and economical power-dispersion type next-generation model suitable for the Korean terrain with its own technology. Therefore, it can be said that today’s Korean railways have the technological competitiveness necessary for the production and operation of high-speed trains.