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.
Korean name | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 금천구청역 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Geumcheon-gucheong-yeok | ||||||||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kŭmch'ŏn'guch'ŏng-yŏk | ||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 113-54 Siheung 1-dong, 91 Siheungdaero 63 gil, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Korail | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Gyeongbu Line Gyeongbu high-speed railway Siheung Interconnection | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Aboveground | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | April 1, 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Siheung | ||||||||||||||||||||
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August 15, 1974[1][2] | Line 1 opened | ||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 23,408[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Gallery
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Looking north along the tracks
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Southbound KTX entering tunnel south of platforms while northbound train on the Gyeongbu Line approaches
References
edit- ^ a b 금천구청역 (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ^ 금천구청역 (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ^ 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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