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Korea Rail Pass
The Korea Rail Pass ( ko, 한국 철도패스; ''Hangug Cheoldo Paeseu'', or ko, 코리아 레일 패스; ''Koria Reil Paeseu''), also commonly called the KR Pass ( ko, KR패스; ''KR Paeseu''), is a rail pass offered by Korail (Korea Railroad Corporation), the national railway operator of South Korea. The pass is offered exclusively to foreign visitors and is valid for most of the rail lines operated by Korail in the designated period, including KTX, the high-speed railway in South Korea. However, the pass is not valid for subways and tourist trains, even when they are also operated by Korail (e.g. the subway and commuter lines in Seoul operated by Korail). History The pass was first issued in late 1999 by Korean National Railroad (대한민국 철도청), the predecessor of Korail. The pass was initially launched for visitors from the United States, but it was sold also to Japanese visitors in 2000. Therefore, selling points were set up only in these two countries. In 2001, Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Language
Korean ( South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographically Korea), but over the past years of political division, the two Koreas have developed some noticeable vocabulary differences. Beyond Korea, the language is recognised as a minority language in parts of China, namely Jilin Province, and specifically Yanbian Prefecture and Changbai County. It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin, the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the in parts of Central Asia. The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family. Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible with each other. The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seonbawi Station
Seonbawi Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 4 in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na .... Most of its passengers use the station as a transfer point between various buses and Line 4. Besides a few bus stops, there really is not much else in the vicinity of this station. Station layout References Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations Railway stations opened in 1994 Metro stations in Gwacheon {{Seoul-metro-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namyeong Station
Namyeong station is a ground-level metro station on Seoul Subway Line 1 in Galwol Dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Subways of Line 1 move on Gyeongbu Line from this station. The station's sole exit offers access to a range of schools and Yongsan Railway Office. Travel time from Namyeong Station to Incheon on Line 1 is 65 minutes. Though not connected by transfer, Namyeong station is only a two- to three-minute walk from Sookmyung Women's University station or Samgakji station on Line 4 & Line 6. (Only for Samgakji station) (Line 6) History Namyeong station opened on August 15, 1974, with services on Line 1 to Incheon and Suwon. References External links Station informationfrom Korail The Korea Railroad Corporation (Korean: 한국철도공사, Hanja: ), branded as KORAIL (코레일, officially changed to in November 2019), is the national railway operator in South Korea. Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, managed ... {{Gyeongbu Line Seoul Metropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyeongbu Line
The Gyeongbu Line (''Gyeongbuseon'') is a railway line in South Korea and is considered to be the most important and one of the oldest ones in the country. It was constructed in 1905, connecting Seoul with Busan via Suwon, Daejeon, and Daegu. It is by far the most heavily travelled rail line in South Korea. All types of Korea Train Express, high-speed, express, local, and freight trains provide frequent service along its entire length. History In 1894–1895, the Empire of Japan and Qing Dynasty, Qing China fought the First Sino-Japanese War for influence over Korea. Following the war, Japan competed with the Russian Empire's railway expansion in Northeast Asia, which led it to seek the right from the Korean Empire to build a railway from Busan to Keijō. This railway line was intended by Japan to solidify its strategic positions against Russia, which it would later go to Russo-Japanese War, war. Surveying began in 1896, and in spite of local protests, the Korean Empire gav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoegi Station
Hoegi Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 1, Gyeongchun Line and the Gyeongui-Jungang Line. The two island platforms are side-by-side with each other, and are connected by an overpass. This is the closest station to Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University (abbreviated to KHU) (Hangul: 경희대학교; Hanja: 慶熙大學校) is a private research university in South Korea with campuses in Seoul and Suwon. Founded in 1949, it is widely regarded as one of the best universities ..., located northwest of here. References External links Station informationfrom Korail Metro stations in Dongdaemun District Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations Railway stations opened in 1980 {{Seoul-metro-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soyosan Station
Soyosan Station is a ground-level metro station on Line 1 of the Seoul Subway in Sangbongam Dong, Dongducheon, South Korea. It is named after the nearby '' Soyosan'' (587 m), a mountain beside the U.S. Army base Camp Casey. It is on this mountain, at the Jajae'am Hermitage, that the Buddhist Saint Wonhyo Won Hyo (617 – April 28, 686) was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. Essence-Function (), a key concept in East Asian Buddhism and particularly Korean Buddhism, was refined in the syncretic p ... is said to have reached enlightenment. History The station opened for business on January 11, 1976, and the station building was completed on September 21, 1982. This building was closed twenty-four years later, on May 7, 2006, and a temporary building erected in its place. Meanwhile, Line 1 of the Seoul Subway was being extended north through the city of Dongducheon, and Soyosan became its northern terminus, with a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyeongwon Line
The Gyeongwon Line is a railway line serving northeastern Gyeonggi Province in South Korea. The line is operated by Korail. The name of the line came from ''Gyeongseong'' (Seoul) and ''Wonsan'', the original terminus of the line, in what is now North Korea. History ''For the original line's history and other information prior to 1945, see Gyeongwon Line (1911–1945)'' One of the first construction projects undertaken by the Railway Bureau of the Government General of Korea was for an east−west trunk line to connect Gyeongseong to the important port of Wonsan. The Chosen Government Railway (''Sentetsu'') opened the line in several stages between 1911 and 1914. The first section of mainline to be electrified by Sentetsu was also along the Gyeongwon Line, with the Pokkye− Gosan section being energised on 27 March 1944, as part of a plan made jointly with the South Manchuria Railway for an electrified railway all the way from Busan to Xinjing, capital of Manchukuo. After t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daehwa Station
Daehwa Station (Station 309) is an underground metro station on the Ilsan Line, operating as an extension of Line 3 of the Seoul Subway, in Daehwa-dong, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, South Korea. The station is Line 3's northwestern terminus and its 6 exits offer access to, among other places, KINTEX (750 m from Exit 1). Travel time from Daehwa to Seoul Station, changing to Line 1 at Jongno 3(sam)-ga, is 1 hour and 2 minutes, while traveling the full length of Line 3 to Ogeum takes 1 hour and 36 minutes. Station layout History Daehwa Station opened with the rest of the Ilsan line Ilsan Line is a Rapid transit in South Korea, subway line operated by Korail, in Seoul, South Korea. Trains from this line continue to and from Seoul Metro's Seoul Subway Line 3, Line 3. History The line started construction on March 15, 1991 a ... in 1996. Services The first train of the day on weekdays (not including national holidays) leaves Daehwa bound for Ogeum at 5:14 a.m., while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jichuk Station
Jichuk Station is located just northwest of Seoul on Seoul Subway Line 3. It is within walking distance to Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul. Jichuk station has a subway depot for Line 3 trains nearby. Origin of the name Jichuk Station is named after the administrative area (dong) that it is located in. The area used to belong to two villages in the Joseon period. Jijeong-ri produced paper, while Chuk-ri was famous for its bush clover ''Lespedeza'' is a genus of some 40 species (including nothospecies) of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), commonly known as bush clovers or (particularly East Asian species) Japanese clovers (''hagi''). The genus is native to warm .... When the area became united under Goyang-gun, it was named using the first syllables of the two villages. Station layout Passengers References Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations Railway stations opened in 1990 Metro stations in Goyang Seoul Subway Line 3 {{Seoul-metro-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul Subway Line 3
Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 3 (dubbed ''The Orange Line'') of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a rapid transit service that connects Eunpyeong District to Gangnam and southeastern Seoul. Most trains head further northwest to serve Goyang via the Ilsan Line. In 2019, the Seoul Metro operated section had an annual ridership of 330 million or about 900,000 passengers per day. In December 2010 the line is recorded as having the second highest WiFi data consumption in the Seoul Metropolitan area. It averaged 1.8 times more than the other 14 subway lines fitted with WiFi service zones. History Construction began in 1980, and the first section of Line 3 opened (Gupabal–Yangjae; Jichuk opened in 1990) after the completion of work in two stages during 1985, along with subway Line 4. In October 1993, a second extension to the south was opened (Yangjae–Suseo). In March 1996, the Korail Ilsan Line opened and allowed Line 3 trains to through operate all the way to the city of Goy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
