Cheongnyangni station

Cheongnyangni Station (청량리역) is a station of Seoul Subway Line 1, Gyeongchun Line, Bundang Line And Gyeongui-Jungang Line. It is a Seoul terminus of passenger trains serving the eastern part of South Korea. The Gyeongchun Line will be extended from Sangbong Station to Cheongnyangni Station in September 2016, offering a transfer to Line 1, although only some subway cars will operate till there, with others terminating at Sangbong.[6] A physical transfer between underground and aboveground stations opened on 20 August 2010.[7]

Cheongnyangni (University of Seoul) 청량리
Korean name
Hangul	청량리역
Hanja	淸凉里驛
Revised Romanization	Cheongnyangni-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏngnyangni-yŏk
General information
Location	620-69 Jeonnong-dong, 205 Wangsanno Jiha, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
Coordinates	37°34′48″N 127°02′42″E
Operated by	Seoul Metro, Korail
Line(s)	Yeongdong Line Taebaek Line Jungang Line Gyeongchun Line
Platforms	8
Tracks	8
History
Opened	October 15, 1911[1][2]
Key dates
August 15, 1974	Line 1 opened[3]
September 26, 2016	Gyeongchun Line opened
December 31, 2018	Bundang Line opened
Traffic
Passengers	(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. KR: 11,782[4] Line 1: 66,305[5] Jungang Line: 26,488[5]
Services Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station Hoegi toward Soyosan Line 1 Local Jegi-dong toward Incheon or Sinchang Hoegi toward Dongducheon Line 1 Express Jegi-dong toward Incheon Terminus Line 1 Rapid (Gyeongbu Red-Cheonan) Jegi-dong toward Cheonan Wangsimni toward Munsan Gyeongui–Jungang Line Local Hoegi toward Jipyeong Gyeongui–Jungang Line Jungang Express Line Hoegi toward Yongmun Terminus Gyeongchun Line Express Hoegi toward Chuncheon Gyeongchun Line Local Bundang Line Wangsimni toward Suwon

Passenger trains serving the following Korail lines terminate at Cheongnyangni Station:

• The Yeongdong Line and Taebaek Line to Gangneung, in Gangwon Province;
• The Jungang Line to Andong in North Gyeongsang Province and Busan, to the southeast of Seoul.

In addition, this station is served by all ITX trains to/from Chuncheon Station on the Gyeongchun Line. However, the majority of trains do not terminate at this station but continue to Yongsan Station.

Vicinity

Line 1

• Exit 1: Cheongnyangni Grocery Market
• Exit 2:
• Exit 3: Miju APT
• Exit 4: Cheongnyangni Train Station
• Exit 5: Lotte Department Store Cheongnyangni
• Exit 6: St. Paul Hospital

Aboveground Station

• Exit 1: Cheongnyangni Subway Station, Lotte Department Store Cheongnyangni

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Cheongnyangni 588, a red-light district

References

1. 청량리역 (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
2. 청량리역 (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
3. "수도권 도시철도 2천km시대 열린다" (in Korean). Business Post. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
4. Monthly Number of Passengers between General Railroad Stations Archived 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
5. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
6. "동대문구, 제3차 국가철도망 구축...청량리역 포함 - 국제뉴스". 6 February 2016.
7. "기차역검색 – 청량리역". 한국철도공사. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

External links

• (in Korean) Station information from Korail