Kwangwoon Univ.
Native name광운대
Station number119
Coordinates37°37′23″N 127°03′41″E
Address85 Wolgye-dong,
98-2 Seokgyero,
Nowon-gu, Seoul
South Korea
PassengersBased on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 1: 20,501[1]
OperatorKorail
LineGyeongwon Line
OpenedJuly 25, 1939[2][3]
StructureAboveground
Platform3
Tracks5
FormerSeongbuk
Services collapsibleyes
Kwangwoon University station
Hangul광운대역
Hanja光云大驛
MrKwangundae-yŏk
RrGwangundae-yeok

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.

Renaming

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

References

  1. ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. ^ "광운대역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. ^ "광운대역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Seongbuk Station is now named Kwangwoon University Station Archived 4 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine" (Korail via VisitKorea.net - February 18, 2013)