Gulbongsan station
Gulbongsan Station (Korean: 굴봉산역; Hanja: 屈峰山驛) is a railway station on the Gyeongchun Line in Namsan-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea.[1] The station is also called as Jade Garden where the Jade Garden Arboretum of Bugi Station is located about 4km away from the station, and a free shuttle bus runs every hour.
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | |||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Gulbongsanyeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kulbongsanyŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 226-6 Seocheolli, 57 Seobaekgil, Namsan-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37.84300°N 127.55035°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | Korail | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Gyeongchun Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Aboveground | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | December 21, 2010 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Seocheon Gyeonggang | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Before upgrading to double track, the Mugunghwa trains while stopping around several times a day. On December 21, 2010, after the double track was completed, the station was renamed to Gulbongsan station and as it was replaced by a commuter train, the Mugunghwa train no longer operates.
Station Name
Original Seocheon Station is located in 230 Seocheon-ri, Namsan-myeon, Chuncheon-gun, but practitioners in that name Seocheon station located in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province and to pronounce avoid confusion, the same as the Gyeonggi and Gangwon Province the station was renamed as Gyeonggang (Gyeonggi + Gangwon) station, which means the point where meets.
In 2010, when the Seoul Metropolitan Subway started, the station was renamed to Gulbongsan station, with the opening of 395m above sea level in the nearby caves Bongsan.[2]
Station Layout
L2 Platforms |
Side platform, doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound | → Gyeongchun Line toward Chuncheon (Baegyang-ri) → | |
Westbound | ← Gyeongchun Line toward Cheongnyangni (Gapyeong) | |
Side platform, doors will open on the left |
L1 Concourse |
Lobby | Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs |
G | Street level | Exit |
References
- "굴봉산역" [Gulbongsan station]. terms.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- "경춘선 복선전철 역 5곳 이름 확정" [Five names of Gyeongchun Line double-track train station confirmed] (in Korean). 아시아경제신문. September 9, 2010.
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