Kwangwoon University station

Kwangwoon University station (formerly Seongbuk station) is a train station on Seoul Subway Line 1, Gyeongchun Line and Gyeongwon Line in Seoul, South Korea operated by Korail. Together with Incheon station and Suwon station, this station was one of the three termini of Line 1 when it opened in 1974. Seongbuk Depot, one of the five depots of Line 1, is located nearby.

광운대
Kwangwoon University station
Station Platform (Line 1)
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGwangundae-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKwangundae-yŏk
General information
Location85 Wolgye-dong,
98-2 Seokgyero,
Nowon-gu, Seoul
 South Korea
Coordinates37°37′23″N 127°03′41″E
Operated by Korail
Line(s)Gyeongwon Line
Platforms3
Tracks5
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
History
OpenedJuly 25, 1939[1][2]
Previous namesSeongbuk
Traffic
PassengersBased on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 1: 20,501[3]
Services
Preceding station   Korail   Following station
toward Soyosan
Line 1
Local
toward Incheon or Sinchang
toward Dongducheon
Line 1
Express
toward Incheon
TerminusGyeongchun Line
Kwangwoon University Branch
toward Chuncheon

Renaming

Seongbuk station was renamed to Kwangwoon University station on February 25, 2013.[4] It was formerly subnamed Kwangwoon University.

References
  1. "광운대역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  2. "광운대역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  3. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. "Seongbuk Station is now named Kwangwoon University Station" (Korail via VisitKorea.net - February 18, 2013)


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