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Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. The station is served by the Gyeongbu Line, its high-speed counterpart and the Gyeongui Line, with frequent high-speed, express, and local services to various points in South Korea.
[edit] Services
The station is the primary terminus for the KTX and express services to Busan and local service to Dorasan. The station is also served by about a dozen trains per day on the Honam Line and its express counterpart to Gwangju and Mokpo. The station used to be the terminus for all long-distance trains on the Gyeongbu, Honam, Jeolla, and Janghang Lines, but in early 2004, the terminus for most Honam, Jeolla, and Janghang Line trains was moved to Yongsan.
Seoul Station is also served by Seoul Subway Line 1 and Line 4.
[edit] History
The station opened in 1900 as "Gyeongseong Station" and was renamed "Namdaemun Station" in 1905, due to its proximity to Namdaemun. In 1910, the name of the city of Seoul changed from Hanseong to Gyeongseong ("Keijo" in Japanese), and the station reverted to the name "Gyeongseong Station" in 1915.
[edit] Old Seoul Station
The old Seoul Station (Hangul: 구서울역사; Hanja: 舊서울驛舍), originally named Keijo (Gyeongseong) Station and designed by Tsukamoto Yasushi of Tokyo Imperial University, was finished on November, 1925. This red brick building, designed in an eclectic style, features a Byzantine-style central dome and a centralized and symmetrical layout.[1] The station was renamed "Seoul Station" in 1947. The station was expanded throughout the post-Korean War era, and a new adjacent terminal was completed in 2004 in time for the new KTX high-speed rail service.
[edit] General information
- Seoul Metro Line 1 Seoul Station
- Seoul Metro Line 4 Seoul Station
- A'REX Seoul Station
- Opening date : December 2009 (planned)
- Operator : Airport Express Co.
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