Yongsan station

Yongsan station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. It is located in Yongsan District, and adjoins the Yongsan Electronics Market. The station is the terminus for high-speed and long-distance trains on a number of railway lines, including most trains on the Honam Line, its high-speed counterpart, and all trains on the Janghang and Jeolla Lines.

For the station in Daegu, see Yongsan station (Daegu Metro).

135 용산 Yongsan station
Korean name
Hangul	용산역
Hanja	龍山驛
Revised Romanization	Yongsan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Yongsan-yŏk
General information
Location	40-1 Hangangno 3-ga,[1] 55 Hangang-daero 23 gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
Operated by	Korail
Line(s)	Honam Line Gyeongwon Line Gyeongbu Line
Platforms	6
Tracks	13
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
History
Opened	July 8, 1900[1] December 1978 ()[1]
Traffic
Passengers	(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec 2012. KR: 29,689[2] Line 1:[3] 66,823[4]
Services Preceding station   Korail   Following station Namyeong toward Soyosan Line 1 Local Noryangjin toward Incheon or Sinchang Terminus Line 1 Rapid Noryangjin toward Dongincheon Line 1 Express Noryangjin toward Incheon Namyeong toward Dongducheon Noryangjin toward Incheon Namyeong toward Cheongnyangni Line 1 Rapid (Gyeongbu Red-Cheonan) Noryangjin toward Cheonan Hyochang Park toward Munsan Gyeongui–Jungang Line Local Ichon toward Jipyeong Gyeongui–Jungang Line Jungang Express Line Ichon toward Yongmun

Prior to 2004, all long-distance trains serving Seoul terminated at the nearby Seoul Station, but with the opening of the Korea Train Express (KTX), Yongsan Station took over some of Seoul's services.

On February 28, 2012, ITX trains began service between this station and Chuncheon Station on the Gyeongchun Line.

Yongsan station is also served by metro rail on Line 1 and the Jungang Line on the Seoul Metropolitan Subway.

In 2004, a major cinema opened adjacent to the station. In August 2006, the whole station building was made into a large department store, called I'Park Mall. The building now includes the railway station, subway station, the CGV cinema and several restaurants and shops, as well as housing the first building of the Yongsan Electronics Market. There is a bridge connecting I'Park Mall and the Yongsan Electronics Market. On floors B-1 and B-2 there is a very large E-Mart store along with a food court and a Burger King restaurant. In the higher floors some of the restaurants include: Uno Chicago Grill, KFC, Lotteria, California Pizza Kitchen, Pizza Hut, and many Korean and Japanese restaurants. Other outlets, such as Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, and Baskin Robbins, are also available. A duty-free store operated by HDC Shilla opened its doors in 2016, and the entire I'Park Mall underwent a major expansion in 2017.

The station is scheduled to become a transfer station with the Shinbundang Line in 2025. Once the Shinbundang Station becomes operational, Yongsan Station will become connected with Sinyongsan Station on Line 4.

Station layout

Yongsan Station has six elevated island platforms and one side platform serving 13 tracks.

Platforms

↑ Namyeong

| 1312 | | | 109 | | 8 7 | | 　6 | | 5 4 | | 32 | | 1

↓ Noryangjin   Ichon ↓

Platform No.	Line	Train	Destination	Other
1	●Gyeongui·Jungang Line	Express·Local	For Wangsimni·Cheongnyangni·Guri·Deokso·Yangpyeong·Jipyeong
		ITX-Cheongchun	For Cheongnyangni·Gapyeong·Chuncheon
2	●Gyeongui·Jungang Line	Express·Local	For DMC·Ilsan·Munsan
		ITX-Cheongchun	Exit only
3	●Gyeongbu Line	Express	For Guro·Dongincheon·Suwon·Cheonan
4	●Gyeongbu Line	Express	For Cheongnyangni only
5	●Gyeongbu Line	Local	For Incheon·Seodongtan·Cheonan·Sinchang
6	●Gyeongbu Line	Local	For Seoul·Cheongnyangni·Uijeongbu·Soyosan
7·8	Honam Line·Jeolla Line·Janghang Line	Saemaeul-ho·ITX-Saemaeul·Nooriro·Mugunghwa-ho	For Gwangju·Mokpo·Yeosu-Expo·Janghang
9·10	Honam Line·Jeolla Line	KTX	For Seodaejeon·Gwangju·Mokpo·Yeosu-Expo
12·13	Gyeongbu Line·Honam Line·Jeolla Line·Janghang Line	KTX·Saemaeul-ho·Nooriro·Mugunghwa-ho·ITX-Saemaeul	For Seoul·Haengsin	Some trains terminate

Gallery

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  Station Sign (Gyeongui-Jungang Line)
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  Station Sign (Line 1)
• 
  KTX Sancheon at Yongsan station

See also

• Transportation in South Korea
• Korail
• Korea Train Express
• Yongsan bombing

References

1. 용산역 (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
2. Monthly Number of Passengers between General Railroad Stations Archived October 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
3. with Jungang Line.
4. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.