Anyang Station is a ground-level metro station on line 1 of the

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in Anyang 1-dong, Manan-gu,

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. The station's sole exit offers access to Enter-6 Mall, which occupies the same building. Travel time from Anyang Station to

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on Line 1 is approximately 40 minutes. Anyang Station is the main station in

, but there are another six stations in Anyang, namely Beomgye, Pyeongchon and Indeogwon on Line 4, and Myeonghak,

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and Seoksu on Line 1, though the latter's platforms lie within

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. It is connected with Lotte Dapartment Store.

Station layout

Korail platforms

;Seoul Subway Line 1 · Gyeongbu Line platforms (Ground)

History

Anyang Station opened as a stop-off on the

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, which it remains today, on January 1, 1905. On August 15, 1974, services on the

began stopping at Anyang. The current station building was completed in December 2001, and three years later, on January 20, 2005, express subway services from

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began calling at Anyang.

Services

The first train of the day weekdays (not including national holidays) is at 5.31 a.m. northbound and 5.17 a.m. southbound, while the last is at 12.12 a.m. northbound and 12.02 a.m. southbound. Northbound trains have various destinations. Some terminate at Guro, some at

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, others at Cheongnyangni, while some continue as far as

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. None, however, continue beyond

, so if travel beyond is required, it is necessary to change trains. Some southbound trains terminate at Byeongjeom, while the remainder continue to

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Vicinity

*Exit 1 : Manan

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References

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