[AREX News] Special Inspection of AREX facilities for Chuseok Thanksgiving Holiday

CEO Kim Han-young visited Yongyu base station; Request to follow the train maintenance guidelines and prevention of human error.

Airport Railroad (CEO Kim Han-young) announced on the September 16, that AREX has conducted a special inspection of railway facilities that are linked to train operations in preparation for the Chuseok Thanksgiving Holiday.


On the same day, CEO Kim Han-young visited AREX Yongyu base station to check the overall work of changing wheels and the processing work of contact surface on wheel.


Due to the nature of the AREX train that travels at the speed up to 110 km/hour on the rails, when there is just a small damage on the wheel surface, the vibration and noise can be felt in the cabin. Therefore, it is important to change the wheels at appropriate time through disassembly maintenance (heavy maintenance) inspection, and carry out processing work to manage the shape and to maintain its optimal condition.

"We eradicate human error through systematic and standardized train maintenance guidelines, and put in best effort to prevent accidents by doing thorough inspection on the train wheels and maintenance equipment," said CEO Kim Han-young.

Revealing the new design of AREX Express Train that runs non-stop between Seoul Station <-> Incheon Airport.

In addition, CEO Kim also check the new outer appearance of the AREX Express Train that is currently in the preparation of getting new design.

The AREX Express Train has been operating for 13 years since March 2007, and the exterior has become discolored and contaminated. The new exterior has changed from paint to film wrapping method.

The front of the train uses the 'AREX Orange' color, which is the main color of Airport Railroad Brand Identity (BI), and it shows the AREX vision as fast and forward-looking. There are also three white lines extending from the front to the side, representing the fast speed of AREX that runs from the downtown Seoul to Incheon International Airport in 40 minutes.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, AREX Express train has stop its operation since April because of the restriction of international passengers at Incheon International Airport to take AREX train. However, it will operate again when the situation gets better.

[AREX is disinfected again today] Disinfection of passenger seats with alcohol!

 Today, #disinfection work was carried out too!

Currently, there is new covid19 outbreak

in Korea mainly in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province,

so it can be quite worrisome.😭

We will do our best to disinfect the Airport Railroad

so that everyone can use it without worrying.

#Airportrailroad #AREX #covid19 #disinfect

For everyone's safety,

disinfection work was carried out today.

What is this disinfection activity?

The answer is?

Disinfection of passenger seats with alcohol!

We thoroughly disinfect the passenger seats with alcohol

for the convenience and safety of passengers.

The disinfection checklist until COVID-19 is gone!

✔ Disinfect trains that return to Seoul Station

✔ Disinfect the escalator handrails with alcohol disinfectant

✔ Disinfect the station(platform)

✔ Check the disinfectant mat

✔ Provide hand sanitizer and disposable vinyl gloves

✔ Disinfect the touch buttons on ticket machine

In addition, we also carry out disinfection work on all facilities

such as single trip ticket, gate, etc.

We are slowly approaching

the "safe daily life".

We can overcome this together!

Please wear a mask when using the public transportation

Airport Railroad Sends Fund to Fight Covid-19

All employees of Airport Railroad participated in the voluntary fundraising activity.
"We want to help people 365 days a year."

A total of KRW 20,000,000 fund was raised and given as a small donation.

The Korea Airport Railroad (President Kim Han-young) revealed on March 11th, 2020 that they have delivered 20 million won as a special donation to the Hope Bridge Korea Disaster Relief Association  to support the residents and medical staff in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province who are facing difficulties from the lack of supplies in disinfection items.
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The special fund called "Love Fund" was raised by collecting part the monthly salary of all employees of the Airport Railroad as social contribution activity, and also collected separately from coronavirus (covid-19) special fund raised since March 3rd, 2020.
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All the employees of Airport Railroad participated in this special fund raising activity as they want to show a small support in overcoming this national crisis. There were some employees who donated a total of 365,000 won (wishing to donate 1,000 won every day for 365 days a year). Indeed, this special fund was donated by all the warm-hearted employees of Airport Railroad.
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"Many a little makes a mickle. I hope that the donation collected from the employees will help the victims to fight and overcome covid-19," said President Kim Han-young. He added, "I hope all citizens will fight the covid-19 crisis and return to the stable daily life."