The Saemaeul-ho, formerly known as the Saemaul-ho and Saemaul Express, is a class of train operated by Korail, the national railroad of South Korea, since February 8, 1969.

The Saemaeul-ho took its name from the Saemaul Undong, a movement for rural revitalization spearheaded by Park Chung-hee in the 1970s.

[1] Right angle type Saemaeul coach On February 8, 1969, the Saemaul-ho was built and introduced in succession from 1982 until the year of its opening.

In early 1975, Daewoo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., which was preparing for the development of high-class domestic passenger cars, supplied 2 units, which were successfully developed and manufactured in the design based on Japan imported Saemaul coach cars.

The initial painting was based on ivory color, and consisted of a window line and a blue band at the lower end of the carriage.

It was introduced from 1990 to 1999, and it is a new type of cabin that the room facilities were changed greatly compared to the previous vehicles.

On December 3, 1999, a fire caused by a short circuit in Noryangjin Station resulted in the burning of one car (524) in the early 2000s.

The bathroom shelf was originally a sink and flower arrangement, which was demolished due to administrative difficulties.

On the opposite side of the sink, a portable wireless public telephone operated by Korea Mobile Communications, which was piloted in 1994 and expanded to all vehicles in 1995, was installed, and personal phones were rapidly spread and demolished in the 2000s.

At present, there is a button-type drinking water bottle with a disposable paper cup at the place where there is an air pressure gauge and a trash can, In the 2000s,[8] all LED devices were demolished and video broadcasting equipment (KOMONET) was installed in the car-shaped Saemaul rivers.

In addition to the number of seats, the illumination of the individual lighting can be adjusted, the installation of personal audio equipment by the program, and the retractable legrest (calf rest) existed.

In January 2013, Korail have remodeled the remaining carriages after the demolition of the Saemaul-type diesel hydraulic car.

Conventional streamlined and long-haul carriages have no jumper lines in the same vehicle type, so it was impossible to operate them into homogeneous groups.

[9] It was first run by the Korean National Railroad, and in 1986, the outsourcing commissioned privatization of the outskirts, and the Seoul Plaza Hotel was operated by the Saemaeul-ho and Mugunghwa-ho restaurants until March 31, 2004.

[10] From July 2003, the Seoul Plaza Hotel returned the diner car operation of the train at the non-meal time, As a consortium.

In the car, they sold lunch boxes,[15] Western food,[16] Korean food,[17] liquor[18] Many problems have been pointed out, such as high prices compared to the quality of trains operated on trains, the problem of detecting E. coli that was reported to the press if forgotten, and the use of factory products containing retort and cans in some menus such as curry rice.

Train cafes sell lunches, sandwiches, confectionery, drinks, liquors and soups.

But only 40 minutes after the second incident, #162 killed a third person, a 90-year-old male, at a railroad crossing nearby Hamyeol Station.

In South Korea, many press reported it as "Three consecutive railroad crossing accidents" (Korean: 3연속 건널목 사망 사고).