Jeonju Station
Appearance
![]() Station building | |||||||||||
Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 전주역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Jeonju-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Jŏnju-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Dongbu-daero 680, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, North Jeolla[1][2] South Korea | ||||||||||
Operated by | Korail | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Jeolla Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | November 17, 1914 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Jeonju Station (Korean: 전주역; Hanja: 全州驛) is a railway station of Jeolla Line, located in Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, South Korea. KTX, ITX-Saemaeul, Mugunghwa-ho, S-Train stops at this station. Jeonju Station's feature is station built as Hanok style.
Timeline
[edit]Date | Content |
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November 17, 1914 | Operation started as ordinary station at Sangsaeng-ri, Idong-myeon, Jeonju-gun, North Jeolla[3][1][2] |
January 16, 1915 | Rebuilt the station building[2] |
October 1, 1928 | Railroad Bureau of Governor-General of Korea bought the station[2] |
September 20, 1929 | Rebuild and Relocated the station to Nosong-ri, Idong-myeon, Jeonju-gun[2] |
January 11, 1930 | Improved the gauge to standard gauge at section of Iri ~ Jeonju[2] |
April 1, 1972 | Transferred from Daejeon Railroad bureau to Suncheon Railroad bureau[2] |
March 23, 1978 | Rebuild and Relocated the station to present location, because of transfer of Jeolla Line's Jeonju section[2] Built the underground platform passageway[2] |
May 25, 1981 | Started new station building construction[2] |
May 1, 1993 | Paid rest area operation started[4][2] |
July 1, 1995 | Paid rest area closed[5][2] |
May 1, 2006 | Small Cargo carrying stopped[2] |
November 1, 2008 | Cargo transportation stopped[6][2] |
October 5, 2011 | Double-track opened, and KTX began to stop[7] |
December 13, 2013 | S-Train began to stop |
June 1, 2014 | ITX-Saemaeul began to stop |
Platform
[edit]Station have 3 platforms, 5 tracks, operating as binary side platform.
↑ Samnye |
| 1 | | 23 | | 45 | | | | | | |
Imsil ↓ |
1 | Unused | Platform closed | |
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2·3 | Jeolla Line | For Haengsin · Incheon Int'l Airport · Yongsan · Yeongdeungpo · Anyang · Suwon · Pyeongtaek · Cheonan | |
4·5 | For Namwon · Suncheon · Gokseong · Guryegu · Yeosu Expo |
Gallery
[edit]-
Platform under construction because of binary track construction
References
[edit]- ^ a b "전주역" [Jeonju Station]. Korail. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "철도역정보: 전주역" [Railroad station information: Jeonju]. 철도산업정보센터 (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ "조선총독부관보 휘보 경편철도가운수개시인가", November 30, 1914.
- ^ 대한민국관보 철도청 고시 제1993-19호, April 17, 1993.
- ^ 대한민국관보 철도청 고시 제1995-24호, June 17, 1995.
- ^ 대한민국관보 국토해양부고시 제2008-561호, October 17, 2008.
- ^ "전라선 KTX 전주역 정차...용산까지 2시간11분" (in Korean). 연합뉴스. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2016-11-11.