Anyang Station

Anyang Station
Korean name
Hangul 안양역
Hanja 安養驛
Revised Romanization Anyang-yeok
McCune-Reischauer Anyang-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily Ridership Based on Jan-Jun, 2011.
KR: 1,627[1]
Line 1: 60,818[2]
Line 1
Gwanak Myeonghak
Station number P147
Address 88-1 Anyang 1-dong,
232 Mananno, Manan-gu,
Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do
Date opened January 1, 1905
Type Aboveground
Platforms/tracks 2 / 4
Operator Korail

Anyang Station is a ground-level metro station on line 1 of the Seoul Subway in Anyang 1-dong, Manan-gu, Anyang, South Korea. The station's sole exit offers access to Lotte Department Store, which occupies the same building. Travel time from Anyang Station to Seoul Station on Line 1 is approximately 40 minutes. Anyang Station is the main station in Anyang, but there are another six, namely Beomgye, Pyeongchon and Indeogwon on Line 4, and Myeonghak, Gwanak and Seoksu on Line 1, though the latter's platforms lie within Seoul.

History

Anyang Station opened as a stop-off on the Gyeongbu Line, which it remains today, on January 1, 1905. On August 15, 1974, services on the Seoul Subway began stopping at Anyang. The current station building was completed in December 2001, and three years later, on January 20, 2005, express subway services from Seoul to Suwon began calling at Anyang.

Services

The first train of the day weekdays (not including national holidays) is at 5.31 a.m. northbound and 5.17 a.m. southbound, while the last is at 12.12 a.m. northbound and 12.02 a.m. southbound. Northbound trains have various destinations. Some terminate at Guro, others at Seoul Station, some at Dongmyo, others at Cheongnyangni, while some continue as far as Seongbuk. None, however, continue beyond Seongbuk, so if travel beyond is required, it is necessary to change trains. Some southbound trains terminate at Byeongjeom, while the remainder continue to Cheonan.

References

  1. ^ Passenger Transportation Result of Korea Railway (O/D). Korea Transportation Database, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
  2. ^ Passenger Transportation Result of Seoul Metropolitan Subway System. Korea Transportation Database, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward Soyosan
Line 1
toward Cheonan