Pyeongchang station

Pyeongchang station is a railway station in Yongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang, South Korea. It is served by the Gyeonggang Line. The station opened on 22 December 2017, ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics. [1][2]

평창
Pyeongchang station
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationPyeonchang-nyeok
McCune–ReischauerP'yŏngch'ang-yŏk
General information
Location1715 Pyeonchang-dong, Yongpyeong-myeon
Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Coordinates37°33′44″N 128°25′48″E
Operated by Korail
Line(s) Gyeonggang Line
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened22 December 2017
Services
Preceding station   Korail   Following station
toward Seoul

Gyeonggang KTX
toward Gangneung

Features

This station name is Pyeongchang, but it is more than 20km away from Pyeongchang-eup, and there is a station between Yeongdong Expressway Pyeongchang Crossroad and Seoul National University Pyeongchang campus.

Platform

This station has 2 platforms and 4 tracks.

1·2 Gangneung Line KTX Jinbu (Odaesan)  / for Gangneung
3·4 Dunnae, Cheongnyangni  · for Seoul

Footnotes
  1. ↑ Minis (平昌驛) the try of Land, Transport and Communications Notice 2017-428, June 29, 2017.

References
  1. Yoon Min-sik (17 November 2017). "New high-speed train service brings PyeongChang closer to Seoul". Korea Herald. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Winter Olympic KTX line inaugurated". Railway Gazette. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.


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