Kwangwoon University Station

Kwangwoon University Station
Seongbuk Station era
Korean name
Hangul	광운대역
Hanja	光云大驛
Revised Romanization	Gwangundae-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kwangundae-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily ridership	Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 20,501[1]
Line 1 ← Wolgye Seokgye →
Station number	119
Address	85 Wolgye-dong, 98-2 Seokgyero, Nowon-gu, Seoul
Coordinates	37°37′23″N 127°03′41″E / 37.62306°N 127.06139°E / 37.62306; 127.06139Coordinates: 37°37′23″N 127°03′41″E / 37.62306°N 127.06139°E / 37.62306; 127.06139
Date opened	July 25, 1939
Type	Aboveground
Platforms/tracks	3 / 5
Operator	Korail
Gyeongchun Line Terminus Sangbong →

Kwangwoon University Station (formerly Seongbuk Station) is a train station on the Gyeongwon Line in Seoul, South Korea operated by Korail. It is served by Line 1 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway system, being one of the original termini of Line 1 along with Incheon Station and Suwon Station when Line 1 opened in 1974. Seongbuk Depot, one of the 5 depots of Line 1, is located nearby. It is also the current western terminus of the Gyeongchun Line, although trains traveling between Seoul and Chuncheon depart from Cheongnyangni Station.

Renaming

The station Seongbuk Station was renamed on February 25 Kwangwoon University Station.^[2] It was formerly subnamed Kwangwoon University.

References

1. ↑ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
2. ↑ "Seongbuk Station is now named Kwangwoon University Station" (Korail via VisitKorea.net - February 18, 2013)