Cheongnyangni Station (aboveground)

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This article is about the aboveground Cheongnyangni Station. For the underground station under the same name on Seoul Subway Line 1, see Cheongnyangni Station (underground).

Cheongnyangni Station (aboveground)

Korean name
Hangul:	청량리역
Hanja:	淸凉里驛
Revised Romanization:	Cheongnyangni-yeok
McCune-Reischauer:	Ch'ŏngnyangni-yŏk

Cheongnyangni Station is the Seoul terminus for passenger trains serving the eastern part of South Korea. The station is located just east of downtown Seoul, on the Gyeongwon Line.

Passenger trains serving the following Korail lines terminate at Cheongnyangni Station:

The Gyeongchun Line to Chuncheon in Gangwon Province east of Seoul;
The Yeongdong Line and Taebaek Line to Gangneung, also in Gangwon Province; and
The Jungang Line to Andong in North Gyeongsang Province and Busan, to the southeast of Seoul.

In addition, the station was the original eastern terminus of Seoul Subway Line 1 when that line opened in 1974. Today, subway trains operate from Cheongnyangni east to Deokso and west to Yongsan via Yongsan-Deokso Line.

[edit] General Information

Opening date : October 5, 1911
Operater : Korail
Address : 588-1, Jeonnong-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
Telephone number : 02-969-8003, 02-3299-7288 (1544-7788)
Platforms : 6 (#1,2 for Gyeongwon, #3,4 for subway, #5,6 for Jungang/Taebeaek/Yeongdong). Two more platforms are under construction.
Ticket Machines : 2 ATM, 2 STIM