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Daejeon Station

Coordinates: 36°19′54.82″N 127°26′4.28″E / 36.3318944°N 127.4345222°E / 36.3318944; 127.4345222
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This article is about a station of Korail. For the station of Daejeon Metro, see Daejeon Station (Daejeon Metro).
Not to be confused with Daejeo Station.
Daejeon Station
Daejeon Railway Station West Side
General information
Location1 Jeong Dong, Dong Gu, Daejeon
Operated byKorail
Platforms0
Tracks0
Construction
Structure typeAboveground/Straight
Key dates
January 1, 1905opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on January–June 2011.
KR: 44,913[1]
Daejeon Line 1: 22,159[2]

Daejeon Station is on South Korea's high-speed KTX railway network, 166.6 km south of Seoul Station.

History

The station opened on January 1, 1905, and KTX trains on the Gyeongbu Line began services on April 1, 2004. The station inspired the romantic blues ballad "Daejeon Blues"[3] that has been preferred by musicians throughout Asia and has become a Korean classic. The melody of the song is played on the speakers of the subway trains upon arriving at Daejeon Station.

Services

Daejeon Station serves all KTX trains on the Gyeongbu Line. It also has express services and local services on the normal speed Gyeongbu Line. The station is served by the Daejeon Line, a short line connecting Daejeon Station with Seodaejeon Station, and also by the Daejeon Subway. Underground shopping can be found connected to Daejeon Station.

See also

References

  1. ^ Passenger Transportation Result of Korea Railway (O/D)[permanent dead link]. Korea Transportation Database, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
  2. ^ Passenger Transportation Result of Daejeon Metropolitan Subway System Archived 2013-04-13 at archive.today. Korea Transportation Database, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
  3. ^ Kim, Hyung-yoon (Spring 2010). "Daejeon, Where People Embrace a Slow-paced Life". Koreana: Korean Art & Culture. Vol. 24, no. 1. Seoul, Republic of Korea: The Korea Foundation. pp. 72–79. ISSN 1016-0744. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
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