T Express (Korean: 티 익스프레스) is a wooden roller coaster at the Everland theme park in Yongin, South Korea.
T Express opened on March 14, 2008, in the European Adventure section of the park, and is themed after a small town in the Alps.
[1] After developing the concept and plans for three years,[1] and with a budget of 28 billion South Korean won,[1] the park began construction on the ride around February 2007.
[1] T Express was closed for around 5 months prior to a reopening in April 2024 to undergo a steel retracking dubbed "The Iron Rebirth" by Everland officials.
[7][8] At time of opening, it was the tallest, fastest, and steepest roller coaster in the country, until it was superseded by Draken at Gyeongju World in 2018.
[7][8] As of 2023[update], among wooden roller coasters in Asia, it is the longest,[13] tallest,[14] fastest,[15] and steepest,[16] and also has the largest drop.
[17] Among the world's wooden roller coasters, it is the tallest (tied with Wildfire in Sweden),[18] third longest,[19][20] and tenth fastest as of 2023[update].
[9][12][21] T Express is named after T World, the SK Telecom-owned Korean phone company that sponsored the ride's construction.
[23][24] It is themed as a scenic railway in an Alpine village;[25] the area around it was further decorated before the ride's opening.
[32][33] In 2018, a group of 6 visitors, including 3 visually impaired people, were prevented from riding the roller coaster because park employees were concerned it would be less safe for them.
[53] The metaverse version of Everland was designed to make users interact with the system instead of simply looking at the virtual theme park.