Hwaseo Station

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Hwaseo Station

The front of Hwaseo Station
Korean name
Hangul 화서역
Hanja 華西驛
Revised Romanization Hwaseo-yeok
McCune-Reischauer Hwasŏ-yŏk
Station information
Subway line/station # Line 1 (P153)
Other rail lines Gyeongbu Line
Station type Aboveground
Tracks 4
Screen Doors Not Installed
Operator Korail
Opened August 15, 1974
Address 464 Hwaseo 2-dong
Jangan-gu, Suwon
Gyeonggi-do

Hwaseo Station is a ground-level metro station on line 1 of the Seoul Subway in north-west Suwon, South Korea.

Hwaseo offers access to several important academic, governmental and cultural locations including Hwaseong Fortress, Manseok Park, the Korean National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology and Suwon Immigration Office, as well as being the nearest station to Seoho, a sizeable lake and park.

Travel time from Hwaseo to central Seoul on Line 1 is approximately 80 minutes, with slightly shorter journey times possible by transferring to Line 4 at Geumjeong.

Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward Soyosan
Line 1
toward Cheonan

Coordinates: 37°17′06″N, 126°59′20″E

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