T Express is a
wooden
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roller coaster
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at
Everland
Everland () is South Korea's largest theme park. Located at the Everland Resort in Yongin, a city in Gyeonggi-do, it receives 5.85 million visitors annually and was ranked nineteenth in the world for amusement park attendance in 2018. As of 2 ...
in
Yongin
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,
South Korea
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. It is South Korea's first wooden coaster,
Intamin
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's fourth wooden coaster with
prefabricated track, the first ride of this type in
Asia
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, and the first to utilize three
trains
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. It is world's fourth steepest wooden roller coaster. It is also the world's ninth fastest, fourth tallest, and third longest wooden roller coaster (behind only
The Beast at
Kings Island
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and
The Voyage at
Holiday World
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). It is also built on a hillside, the layout taking advantage of the terrain.
T Express was ranked as the world's best wooden coaster in Mitch Hawker's online poll in 2008 and 2010.
The biggest change brought by T Express was an increase in the number of customers, especially teenagers and university students. The number of college students increased by 14%, and teenagers by 73% according to Everland statistics.
Rocky Mountain Construction
Rocky Mountain Construction, often abbreviated as RMC, is a manufacturing and construction company based in Hayden, Idaho, United States. The company is best known for its I-Box track and Topper Track for wooden roller coasters.
History
In 200 ...
, an
Idaho
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-based manufacturing firm, assisted with the construction of the ride.
Awards
References
External links
T Express official Homepage (Korean)
Everland Resort
Roller coasters in South Korea
Roller coasters introduced in 2008
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