Ganeung Station
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 가능역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Ganeung-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kanŭng-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 633 Pyeonghwa-ro, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do[1]  South Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°44′54″N 127°02′39″E / 37.74833°N 127.04417°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Korail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gyeongwon Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Aboveground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | October 5, 1987[2][1] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Gareung Uijeongbu Bukbu | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 17,393[3] | |||||||||||
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Ganeung Station is a metro station on the Line 1 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The station is located in northern Uijeongbu and previously served as the northern terminus for Line 1 before its extension to Soyosan.
History[edit]
It was originally built as a traditional railway station in 1961, named Gareung Station, but was abolished in 1963. It was rebuilt as Uijeongbu Bukbu Station and then renamed Ganeung in 2006.[1]
Platforms[edit]
- Platform 1: to Kwangwoon University / Guro / Incheon
- Platform 2: to Soyosan / Dongducheon / Yangju
Exits[edit]
- Exit 1: Ganeung 1-dong Office, Korean National Red Cross, Uijeongbu Girls' High School, Uijeongbu Girls' Middle School, Uijeongbu Technical High School, Korea Electric Power Corporation
- Exit 2: Baeyoung Elementary School, Uijeongbu Joongang Elementary School, Uijeongbu 1-dong Post Office
- Exit 3: Parking lot
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "가능역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
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