Mangu station

Mangu Station is a station on the Gyeongui-Jungang Line, and the Gyeongchun Line since 21 December 2010. This station is probably most famous for being Seoul's main distribution center of charcoal briquettes in the 1950s and 1960s, extracted and manufactured in southern Gangwon province. These briquettes were widely used by people to weather harsh winters when Korea was a developing country and recovering from the Korean War. It is a station that still predominantly handles freight trains. It is very close to an E-Mart and Costco stores.

망우
Mangu Station
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMangu-yeok
McCune–ReischauerMangu-yŏk
General information
Location172-3 Sangbong-dong,
11-10 Manguro 55 gil,
Jungnang-gu, Seoul
Coordinates37°35′57″N 127°05′32″E
Operated by Korail
Line(s)     Gyeongchun Line
Platforms4
Tracks6
ConnectionsSangbong Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
History
OpenedApril 1, 1940
Services
Preceding station   Korail   Following station
toward Munsan
Gyeongui–Jungang Line
toward Jipyeong
Gyeongchun Line
Local
toward Chuncheon

Although it is located close to the Sangbong Bus Terminal and Sangbong Station, it has yet to fulfill its potential as a transportation hub. With the electrification and twin-tracking of the Gyeongchun Line, this station is the newly designated western terminus station (however, the Gyeongchun Line operates about 1 km west further till its de facto terminus, Sangbong).


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