Cheongnyangni Station (aboveground)

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

Cheongnyangni Station

Korean name
Hangul	청량리역
Hanja	淸凉里驛
Revised Romanization	Cheongnyangni-yeok
McCune-Reischauer	Ch'ŏngnyangni-yŏk
Station information
Subway line/station #	Jungang (K117)
Other rail lines	Gyeongwon Line
Station type	Aboveground
Platforms	4
Tracks	8
Screen Doors	Not Installed
Operator	Korail
Opened	October 5, 1911
Address	588-1 Jeonnong-dong Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul

Departure information board.

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
Operator : Korail
Address : 588-1, Jeonnong-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
Telephone number : 02-969-8003, 02-3299-7288 (1544-7788)
Platforms : 8 (#1,2-closed , #3,4-subway, #5,6-Gyeongchun, #7,8-Jungang/Taebaek/Yeongdong).
Ticket Machines : 4 ATM, 2 STIM