Gwangju Songjeong Station

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Gwangju Songjeong Station
Korean name
Hangul 광주송정역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gwangjusongjeongnyeok
McCune–Reischauer Kwangjusongjŏngnyŏk
Station statistics
Address Songjeong-dong, Gwangsan District, Gwangju
South Korea
Coordinates 35°8′16.24″N 126°47′24.84″E / 35.1378444°N 126.7902333°E / 35.1378444; 126.7902333Coordinates: 35°8′16.24″N 126°47′24.84″E / 35.1378444°N 126.7902333°E / 35.1378444; 126.7902333
Line(s) Honam Line, Gyeongjeon Line, Gwangju Line, Honam High Speed Railway
Structure type Aboveground/Straight
Other information
Opened October 1, 1913
Operator Korail
Gwangju Songjeong Station
Station statistics
Line(s) Gwangju Metro Line 1
Structure type Underground
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened April 11, 2008
Station code 117
Operator Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation

Gwangju Songjeong Station is a station in Gwangju, South Korea. It is on the national high-speed KTX railway network, 341 km south of Yongsan Station.

History

The station opened on November 1, 1914 and the building was moved to its current location on September 18, 1988. KTX trains on the Honam Line began services on April 1, 2004.

Gwangju City Government changed the name of Songjeong-ri station to Gwangju·Songjeong station from April 1, 2009.[1]

Services

Gwangju Songjeong Station serves KTX trains on the Honam Line. It also has express services and local services on the normal speed Honam Line and on the Gyeongjeon Line. Under the same name, the station is currently on Line 1 of Gwangju's subway network.

See also

  • List of Korea-related topics
  • Transportation in South Korea
  • Korail
  • KTX

References

  1. http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=001&oid=098&aid=0002027570& in korean

External links

Preceding station   Gwangju Metro   Following station
Songjeong Park
toward Nokdong
  Line 1   Dosan
toward Pyeongdong


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