Geumcheon-gu Office station

Geumcheon-gu Office Station, formerly known as Siheung Station, is a station on the Line 1 of the Seoul Subway, as well as the Gyeongbu Line. Commuter rail trains on Line 1 travel southwards from here to Anyang, Suwon, Pyeongtaek and Cheonan Stations via the Gyeongbu Line.

금천구청
Geumcheon-gu Office
Station platforms
Korean name
Hangul
금천구청역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGeumcheon-gucheong-yeok
McCune–ReischauerKŭmch'ŏn'guch'ŏng-yŏk
General information
Location113-54 Siheung 1-dong,
91 Siheungdaero 63 gil,
Geumcheon-gu, Seoul[1]
Operated byKorail Korail
Line(s)Gyeongbu Line
Gyeongbu high-speed railway Siheung Interconnection
Platforms4
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
History
OpenedApril 1, 1908
Previous namesSiheung
Key dates
August 15, 1974[1][2]Line 1 opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 1: 23,408[3]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Doksan Line 1 Seoksu
towards Sinchang or Seodongtan
Gasan Digital Complex Line 1
Gyeongbu Express
Anyang
towards Sinchang
Doksan
towards Yeongdeungpo
Line 1
Gwangmyeong Shuttle Service
Gwangmyeong
Terminus

In addition, a spur line (also a part of Line 1) between this station and Gwangmyeong Station on the KTX serves to link high-speed trains and commuter rail.

The name of the station was changed from Siheung to its current name on December 29, 2008. The main reason for the change was because of the confusion with Siheung, a city located southwest of here.

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References

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  1. ^ a b 금천구청역 (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  2. ^ 금천구청역 (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  3. ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

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