K-rail in motion: Woojin breathes new life into aging LA subway cars

Subway cars that once rumbled through darkened tunnels beneath Los Angeles, their steel exteriors stripped of shine, are ready to roll again half a world away.

Painted canary yellow and fully reengineered, they run again on a test track in Osong, North Chungcheong Province.

The resurrection was the work of Woojin Industrial Systems, a Korean rolling stock manufacturer.

In 2024, it won a 300 billion won ($200 million) contract from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to o ...