Gulbongsan Station () is a railway station on the Gyeongchun Line in Namsan-myeon,

Chuncheon-si Chuncheon (; ; formerly romanized as Chunchŏn; literally ''spring river'') is the capital of Gangwon Province in South Korea. The city lies in the north of the county, located in a basin formed by the Soyang River and Han River. There are some ...

, Gangwon-do,

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. Its station subname is ''Jade Garden'' where Jade Garden is located about 4 km away from the station, and a free shuttle bus runs every hour. 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 located in

Seocheon Seocheon County () is a county in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. It is famous for its seafood and location near the mouth of the Geum River. Administrative divisions Seocheon county has two major centers, Janghang-eup and Seocheon-eup. Seocheon- ...

, South Chungcheong Province and to pronounce avoid confusion, the same as the Gyeonggi and Gangwon Province the station was renamed as Gyeonggang (''Gyeong''gi + ''Gang''won) station, which means the point where meets. In 2010, when the

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started, the station was renamed to Gulbongsan station, with the opening of 395m above sea level in the nearby caves Bongsan.

Station Layout

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Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations Metro stations in Chuncheon Railway stations opened in 1939 {{Seoul-metro-station-stub