Hyundai Rotem

Hyundai Rotem Company
legal form	Corporation
ISIN	KR7064350002
founding	July 1, 1999
Seat	Seoul , South Korea
management	Seung-tack Kim
Branch	Vehicle and mechanical engineering
Website	www.hyundai-rotem.co.kr

The Hyundai Rotem Company is a South Korean manufacturer of rail vehicles , battle tanks and production equipment . The company is a subsidiary of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group and is headquartered in the Seocho-gu district of the capital Seoul . Due to the product range, mainly public and military clients are supplied. In 2009 the company employed 3,800 people, 700 of them in research and development.

history

The company was created in 1999 through the merger of the rail vehicle activities of Hanjin Heavy Industries , Daewoo Heavy Industries and Hyundai Precision & Industries under the name KOROS (Korea Rolling Stock Corporation). In 2002 the name was changed to Rotem Company and since 2007 the company has operated as the Hyundai Rotem Company .

Model overview

Rail vehicles

tram

With the in-house development of the overhead line tram , tram networks in South Korea are to be equipped with this model.

image	model	Start of production	End of production	comment
	Hyundai Rotem tram without catenary	2010	2010	Construction of 1 unit as a pilot tram for the further development of future trams.

High-speed trains

With the in-house development KTX-II , Hyundai Rotem participates in tenders for the construction of high-speed trains in Brazil and the US state of California . Since business relationships already exist with the Southern California Rail Authority and Hyundai Motors' North American headquarters are in California, Hyundai Rotem is considered to be a promising bidder there.

model	Start of production	End of production	comment
Alstom / Rotem KTX-I	2002	2003	Construction of 34 units of a high-speed train based on the TGV Atlantique for Korail . Twelve more units were manufactured in France by the licensor Alstom .
Hyundai Red Hanvit 350	2002	2008	Prototype of a high-speed train that formed the basis for the KTX-II.
Hyundai Red KTX-II	2010		High-speed train designed for a top speed of 350 km / h with predominantly South Korean technology. Also referred to as KTX-Sancheon by the operator Korail after a native species of salmon .
Hyundai Red HEMU-400X	2011		Prototype under construction for the planned KTX-III high-speed train, which is to be tested from 2011.
Hyundai Rotem KTX-III (HEMU-430x)	was planned for 2015, presentation at InnoTrans 2018		High-speed train with distributed drive.

Locomotives

Hyundai Rotem manufactures diesel-electric locomotives under license from Electro-Motive Diesel . The electric locomotives are licensed models from Siemens Transportation Systems .

model	Start of production	End of production	comment
Hyundai Rotem DL7400 series	2000		License Electro-Motive Diesel , formerly General Motors
Hyundai Rotem Class 8100	1999	2003	Siemens Transportation Systems license
Hyundai Rotem Class 8200	2003	2008	Siemens Transportation Systems license

Multiple units

Hyundai Rotem manufactures multiple units with electric and diesel drives.

model	Start of production	End of production	comment
Hyundai Rotem EMU Series 2000	2002	2003
Hyundai Rotem EMU Series 2000	2005	2005
Hyundai Rotem EMU Series 2000	2005	2006
AREX series 2000	2006		AREX trains for the airport route Seoul Station - Gimpo Airport - Incheon Airport . The 1000 series is an express train with 2 + 2 seating, the 2000 series corresponds to a suburban train with benches along the walls.
Hyundai Rotem EMU Series 3000	2005	2006
Hyundai Rotem EMU Series 3000	2006
Hyundai Rotem EMU Series 5000	1999		Mainly used in commuter traffic in the greater Seoul area of the Korail , of which several series have been built since 1999 and are still being built.
IE series 22000	2007		Diesel multiple unit for broad gauge 1600 mm built together with the main contractor Mitsui and the Tokyu Car Corporation . The trains are used by Iarnród Éireann (IE, Irish Rail) as intercity and on longer commuter routes.
Bombardier Phase I	2002	2006	Bombardier commission
Bombardier Phase II	2006	2010	Bombardier commission
Hyundai Rotem Adana Metro	2010		Metro Adana (Turkey)
Hyundai Rotem Canada Line	2005	2009	Canada Line
Hyundai Rotem CCR ViaQuatro	2010		Metrô São Paulo , Line 4 (Brazil)
MTR Rotem TKE-C series	2002	2010	Order Mass Transit Railway (MTR, Hong Kong )
MRI Rotem YL	2007		Mass Rapid Transit Manila (Philippines)
PNR Red Sucat Commuter Express	2009		Philippine National Railways (PNR)
TUE Rotem Série 2000	1999	2006	SuperVia (Brazil)