Hanyang University at Ansan station is a station on
Seoul Subway Line 4
Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 4 (dubbed ''The Blue Line'') of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a long line crossing from the southwest to the northeast across the Seoul National Capital Area. The central section in Seoul City is operated by Se ...
& the
Suin-Bundang Line in
Ansan-si,
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 ...
, South Korea.
It is named after the city's
ERICA campus of
Hanyang University
Hanyang University (Korean: 한양대학교) is a private research university in South Korea. The main campus is located in Seoul and its satellite campus, the Education Research Industry Cluster (ERICA campus), is in Ansan. ''Hanyang'' (한양, ...
.
Unlike the name of the station, Hanyang University is not right in front of the station. Hanyang University shuttle buses stop in front of the station. Buses usually take students from the station to the university every 10 minutes on weekdays and every 30 minutes on weekends. It takes about 10 minutes from the station to the ERICA campus.
This station was the planned southeastern terminus of the section of the
Suin Line
The Suin Line (Suwon-Incheon) was a metro line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway serving the Seoul Capital Area.
The original route, abandoned in 1995, was one of the few narrow-gauge railways in South Korea. Opened by the privately owned Chosen ...
; it became a transfer point between Line 4 and the Suin Line when construction on the Suin Line was completed in 2019. Opening was delayed until autumn 2020, when it became part of the
Suin–Bundang Line
The Suin–Bundang Line (Suwon Incheon Bundang Line) is a commuter rail service of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway system, operating on trackage from the Suin Line (opened on June 30, 2012) and the Bundang Line (opened on September 1, 1994). O ...
.
Station layout
Name
At the time of its opening, the station was named "Handaeap", which was later changed to "Hanyang Univ. at Ansan" in 2001.
References
External links
Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations
Metro stations in Ansan
Railway stations opened in 1937
Station information
There is Ansan Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market near Exit 1. A small commercial district is formed at Exit 2, where you can take the shuttle bus to Hanyang University's ERICA Campus.
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