Seoul Station

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Seoul Station
Seoul Station Entrance.jpg
Seoul Station
Korean name
Hangul 서울역
Hanja 서울驛
Revised Romanization Seoul-yeok
McCune-Reischauer Sŏul-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily Ridership Based on January–June 2011.
KR: 90,663[1]
Line 1: 131,091[2]
Line 4: 33,135[2]
Gyeongui: 13,863[2]
AREX: 17,084[2]
Line 1
← City Hall Namyeong →
Station number 133
Address 122 Bongnae-dong 2-ga,
Jung-gu, Seoul
Date opened August 15, 1974
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 1 / 2
Operator Seoul Metro
Line 4
← Hoehyeon Sookmyung Women's University →
Station number 426
Address 14 Dongja-dong,
Yongsan-gu, Seoul
Date opened October 18, 1985
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 1 / 2
Operator Seoul Metro
Gyeongui Line
Terminus Sinchon →
Station number P313
Address 43-205 Dongja-dong,
405 Hangangdaero,
Yongsan-gu, Seoul
Date opened July 8, 1900
Type Aboveground
Platforms/tracks 2 / 2
Operator Korail
AREX
Terminus Gongdeok →
Station number A01
Address 43-227 Dongja-dong,
Yongsan-gu, Seoul
Date opened December 29, 2010
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 2 / 4
Operator Korail Airport Co.

Coordinates: 37°33′11″N 126°58′21″E / 37.55319°N 126.97260°E / 37.55319; 126.97260

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.

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[edit] Services

The station is the primary terminus for the KTX and express services to Busan. 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.

AREX express trains provide service to Gimpo Airport and Incheon International Airport. Service began December 29, 2010.

Seoul Subway serves the station with 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

Old Seoul Station
Old Seoul Station

The Old Seoul Station (Hangul: 구서울역사; Hanja: 舊서울驛舍, literally meaning Old Seoul station building), 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.[3] The station was renamed "Seoul Station" in 1947. The station was expanded throughout the post-Korean War era, and a new terminal adjacent to the existing one was completed in 2004 to coincide with the introduction of KTX high-speed rail service.

On 9 August 2011, the station was reopened as a culture complex with its original exterior, after a two year of restoration project by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the state-run Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF).[4]

[edit] General information

  • Korail Seoul Station
  • Seoul Metro Line 1 Seoul Station
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[edit] Gallery

  • Panoramic view of Seoul station

  • KTX in platform

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Passenger Transportation Result of Korea Railway (O/D). Korea Transportation Database, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
  2. ^ a b c d Passenger Transportation Result of Seoul Metropolitan Subway System. Korea Transportation Database, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
  3. ^ "서울역사 (Seoul Station Building)". Seoul Metropolitan Government. 2003.. http://sca.visitseoul.net/korean/architecture/i_modern_building01019.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-26. [dead link]
  4. ^ The Hankyoreh Historic Seoul Station reopens 10 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-15
Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward Soyosan
 Line 1
toward Incheon or Sinchang
toward Danggogae
 Line 4
toward Oido
Terminus Gyeongui Line
toward Munsan
Terminus AREX
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