Korail-Korail Railroad Corporation Hold 'Railroad Development Cooperation Meeting'... "Strengthening Mutual Cooperation"

Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) announced on the 30th that it held the "10th Railway Development Cooperation Meeting" with the Korea Rail Network Authority at its Daejeon headquarters.

At the meeting, more than 20 officials from both organizations, including KORAIL Vice President Jeong Jeong-rae and Korea Rail Network Authority Vice Chairman Lim Jong-il, shared the current status of ongoing agenda items such as signal system unification and securing the safety of station facilities.

They also discussed key agenda items aimed at improving work efficiency and service enhancement, including the unification of filming approval windows and the provision and cooperation of reservation waiting data from the KORAIL Talk app.

Officials from Korail and the Korea Rail Network Authority are taking a commemorative photo after holding the "10th Railway Development Cooperation Meeting" at the Daejeon headquarters on the 30th. Photo by Korail

At this meeting, both organizations agreed to unify the reception and approval window to KORAIL when film and broadcasting companies request to shoot at stations and station facilities, in order to improve the filming permission procedures proposed at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport?rail industry meeting held on the 5th.

This improves the current structure where approval from both organizations is required to film at stations and abandoned railway sites managed by different authorities.

They also agreed to mutually cooperate in analyzing user demand by sharing reservation waiting data (whether tickets are issued after reservation waiting) from the mobile app "KORAIL Talk," in response to increased train operation frequency and the purchase and formation of new vehicles, which lead to an increase in railway service supply.

Lim Jong-il, Vice Chairman of the Korea Rail Network Authority, said, "Cooperation with KORAIL is essential to create a railway environment where the public can use with confidence," and added, "The Korea Rail Network Authority will maintain a close cooperative system between the two organizations to continuously ensure railway safety."

Jeong Jeong-rae, Vice President of KORAIL, said, "Public interest in the railway sector has grown more than ever, centered on the GTX project and railway undergrounding projects," and added, "Considering this situation, both organizations will actively cooperate to streamline processes and share data to enhance the competitiveness of the railway industry."