Oido Station

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Oido Station
Korean name
Hangul 오이도역
Hanja 烏耳島驛
Revised Romanization Oido-yeok
McCune-Reischauer Oido-yǒk
Station information
Subway line/station # Line 4 (456)
Station type Aboveground
Screen Doors Not Installed
Operator Korail
Opened July 28th, 2000
Address 878 Jeongwang-dong
Siheung, Gyeonggi-do

Oido Station is the current southwestern terminus of the Seoul Subway Line 4. Located almost 30 kilometers southwest of Seoul, it takes over an hour by commuter rail between this station and Seoul Station. A train servicing depot is located nearby.

This station, along with Jeongwang Station to the southeast, serves the Sihwa Industrial District of southwestern Siheung.

Contents

[edit] Vicinity

  • Exit 1 : Sihwa District
  • Exit 2 : Hamhyeon Middle & High Schools
  • Exit 3 : (No service; closed at 11:30 PM)

[edit] Ridership

Station Number of passengers[1]
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Line 4 2691 3909 4552 5187 4536 4660 4849
  1. ^ Original data from whole clients using Seoul Metro in 2006

[edit] Suin Line & Future Plans

The narrow-gauge Suin Line, which served as a means of transporting freight between Suwon and Incheon, was abandoned in 1995. Oido Station is the northwestern terminus of the section of the Suin Line that is still in use today; the southeastern terminus is Hanyang University at Ansan Station.

However, with the recent population boom in southern Gyeonggi province, the line is being relaid as a standard gauge railroad for commuter rail. The commuter rail is being opened over the course of a few stages. The first stage will incorporate an extension of Line 4 into southern Incheon, and will transfer with the Incheon Subway Line 1 at Woninjae Station. [1]

[edit] See also

Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward Danggogae
 Line 4 Terminus