Hwaseo Station

Hwaseo Station
Hwaseo Station
Korean name
Hangul	화서역
Hanja	華西驛
Revised Romanization	Hwaseo-yeok
McCune-Reischauer	Hwasŏ-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily Ridership	Based on January–June 2011. Line 1: 17,748
Line 1 ← Sungkyunkwan University Suwon →
Station number	P154
Address	464 Hwaseo 2-dong, 693 Yeokjeonno, Paldal-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
Date opened	August 15, 1974
Type	Aboveground
Platforms/tracks	2 / 4
Operator	Korail

Hwaseo Station is a ground-level metro station on line 1 of the Seoul Subway in north-west Suwon, South Korea.

Hwaseo offers access to several important academic, governmental and cultural locations including Hwaseong Fortress, Manseok Park, the Korean National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology and Suwon Immigration Office, as well as being the nearest station to Seoho, a sizeable lake and park.

Travel time from Hwaseo to central Seoul on Line 1 is approximately 80 minutes, with slightly shorter journey times possible by transferring to Line 4 at Geumjeong.

References

Preceding station		Seoul Metropolitan Subway		Following station
Sungkyunkwan University toward Soyosan		Line 1		Suwon toward Cheonan