Editing Haecheol (section)

==History==
Haecheol was founded by the Railway Modernization Act in 1973 by the Lagarde government, shortly after Haesan's reinstatement.  One of the goals of the [[Libertas Omnium Maximus|Maximusian]] provisional government was to restore transportation, including rail access, across Haesan, but in 1973, while regional connections were live little national coordination existed.  The aim of the act was to create a corporation which would subsume the renovated assets of the four largest pre-war regional rail services, the Anmi & Central Railway, Compagnie Ferroviaire du Golfe, Promethean & Southern Railway, and Southwestern Railway, all of which had many assets seized by the [[Darya|Daryans]] in the [[Great War]] or were financially ruined as a result.  Those assets were placed under the national supervision of Haecheol, and were designated to be supervised by a public/private board of logistics experts, engineers, and industry professionals{{efn|Many of these experts were foreigners paid inordinately high salaries to relocate to Haesan as part of the Global Expertise Program.}} to fully rebuild the rail network and ensure functional railway service for all cities in Haesan.

In the mid 1980s, as Haesan transitioned to democracy and reconstruction had nearly completed, Haecheol's focus shifted to providing speed and convenience to consumers, and started developing high speed rail routes.  In 1991, the first of these, the Trans-Haesan Express (THX) opened to positive reviews from consumers and contractors on the project.  The domestically produced Suri H120 train hit {{convert|278|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}, then in the top three in the [[International Democratic Union|IDU]] at the time and seen as a major victory for Haesanite engineering.  In 1998, the Southern Express Line first opened, funded in large part by Maximusian investments.  The last major branch of the ultra-high speed components of Haecheol's railway is the Central Valley Express (CVX), opened in 2008 with significant [[Xiomera|Xiomeran]] backing. 
[[File:Inaugural train.jpg|left|thumb|301x301px|The inaugural train of the Meridian Line; opened in 2021, it is the most recent extension of Haecheol's high speed network]]
Haecheol's original headquarters were located within the Department of Transportation in [[Hwagang]] along with a major depot in Nageunho-gu, Suyang.  In 1990, the headquarters moved to Nageunho full time.  In 2021, new offices and laboratories for the company opened near the rail hub of Jinyun, [[Sinhan]], in the Suyang metropolitan area. 

While Haecheol is a railway corporation, it also has a large engineering base, and has often tried to the limits of speed throughout its history.  The THX has undergone multiple waves of renovations, and the Suri H510 trains currently operating on it reach {{convert|424|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}, still one of top 10 fastest speeds of a passenger rail line and fast enough to connect Haesan's two largest cities in a little over two hours.  More experimental is the Hanyeong Maglev opened in 2015 in partnership with the governments of Suyang and [[Hanyeong]].  The maglev train, which connects Suyang's Central Station with [[Suyang-Hanyeong International Airport]] and downtown Hanyeong, in testing has reached speeds of up to {{convert|571|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}, which upon its launch was the fastest passenger train in the world although it no longer holds that record. 

Today, Haecheol continues to expand the size of the Haesanite rail network, maintain its world class safety record, while continually updating its current services to provide the most rapid transit possible.  Haecheol engineers are currently engaged in a battle with [[Novella Islands|Novellan]] engineers to maintain the fastest rail speed, and are constantly experimenting to reach ever faster speeds.