Bupyeong Station
| Bupyeong Station | |||||
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 Bupyeong Station (Gyeongin Line) | |||||
| Korean name | |||||
| Hangul | 부평역 | ||||
| Hanja | 富平驛 | ||||
| Revised Romanization | Bupyeongnyeok | ||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Pup'yŏngnyŏk | ||||
| Railway Services | |||||
| Daily ridership |
Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Seoul Line 1: 90,620[1] Incheon Line 1: 12,474[1] | ||||
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| Station number | 152 | ||||
| Address |
738-21 Bupyeong 1-dong, 14 Gwangjangno, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon | ||||
| Date opened | September 18, 1899 | ||||
| Type | Aboveground | ||||
| Platforms/tracks | 2 / 4 | ||||
| Operator | Korail | ||||
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| Station number | I120 | ||||
| Address |
7 Bupyeongdaero Jiha, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon | ||||
| Date opened | October 6, 1999 | ||||
| Type | Underground | ||||
| Platforms/tracks | 2 / 2 | ||||
| Operator | Incheon Transit Corporation | ||||
Bupyeong Station is a subway station located in Bupyeong-gu, which is a district in Incheon, South Korea. This station is on the Seoul Subway Line 1 and Incheon Subway Line 1. It is one of the most crowded stations on the Incheon line because of its central location and its connection to the Seoul line.
Entrance
- Exit 1: Bupyeong 6-dong Office, Yerim School, Bupyeong Catholic Medical Center
- Exit 2: Bupyeongnam Elementary School, Buil Girls' Middle School, Bupyeong 2-dong Office
- Exit 3: Police branch office at Bupyeong Station
Underground market
This area has lots of shops selling several goods from clothes to books which are a lot cheaper than those in normal bookstores. Actually, it was the best trading area including normal shops around the station. There are many restaurants and a large Lotte Mart store. Fashion street and several malls have played a big role in attracting the public.[2]
Passengers
According to the data, there is a rapid reduction of using passengers. It is believed to cause those situations after operation of metropolitan buses system.
| Station | Figure[3] | ||||||||||||
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| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Line 1 | 42675 | 50606 | 55855 | 56145 | 36980 | 36338 | 36018 | 35349 | 35739 | 35152 | 36651 | 44377 | - |
| Incheon Subway Line 1 | - | - | - | 6174 | 5501 | 5200 | 6064 | 5768 | 5639 | 5478 | 5629 | 5934 | 6457 |
In popular culture
The station appears several times in the wildly popular South Korean film My Sassy Girl.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bupyeong Station. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ↑ 한경비즈니스
- ↑ Original data from Seoul Metro in 2012
| Preceding station | Seoul Metropolitan Subway | Following station | ||
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toward Soyosan | Line 1 Local | toward Incheon |
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toward Yongsan | Line 1 Rapid | toward Dongincheon |
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toward Gyeyang | Incheon Line 1 |
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Coordinates: 37°29′22.39″N 126°43′26.66″E / 37.4895528°N 126.7240722°E