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.

P144 금천구청 Geumcheon-gu Office Station
Station platforms
Korean name
Hangul	금천구청역
Hanja	衿川區廳驛
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
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
History
Opened	April 1, 1908
Previous names	Siheung
Key dates
August 15, 1974[1][2]	Line 1 opened
Traffic
Passengers	(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 23,408[3]
Services
Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station Doksan toward Soyosan Line 1 Local Seoksu toward Sinchang Gasan Digital Complex toward Cheongnyangni Line 1 Rapid (Gyeongbu Red) (Limited service only) Anyang toward Cheonan Doksan toward Yeongdeungpo Line 1 Gwangmyeong Station Shuttle 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.

Gallery

• 
  Looking north along the tracks
• 
  Southbound KTX entering tunnel south of platforms while northbound train on the Gyeongbu Line approaches

References

1. "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.