Cheonan Asan Station

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Cheonan Asan Station
Korean name
Hangul 천안아산역
아산역
Hanja 天安牙山驛
牙山驛
Revised Romanization Cheonan-Asan-yeok
Asan-yeok
McCune-Reischauer Ch'ŏnan-Asan-yŏk
Asan-yŏk
Station information
Other rail lines Gyeongbu Line (KTX)
Honam Line (KTX)
Janghang Line
Station type Aboveground
Operator Korail
Opened April 1, 2004 (KTX)
March 30, 2007 (Janghang)
Address Jangjae-ri, Baebang-myeon
Asan, Chungcheongnam-do

Cheonan Asan Station is on South Korea's high-speed KTX railway network, 96km south of Seoul Station.

Asan Station is a station recently built on the Janghang Line in order to facilitate access to the KTX station.

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[edit] History

The location of Cheonan Asan Station was finalised on June 14, 1993, though construction did not begin until July 22, 1996. The planned name of "Onyang Oncheon Station" was changed to "Cheonan Asan Station" on November 20, 2003 and the station building was completed on March 27, 2004. The station opened on April 1, 2004.

On March 30, 2007, Asan Station was opened as a transfer station on the Janghang Line, soon to be integrated as the latest extension of Line 1 of the Seoul Subway.

[edit] Services

Cheonan Asan Station serves all KTX trains on both lines. Asan Station is served by all Saemaul and Mugunghwa trains on the Janghang Line.

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Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward Soyosan
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