Kwangwoon University station (formerly Seongbuk station) is a train station on

Seoul Subway Line 1 Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 1 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a rapid transit and commuter rail line which links central Seoul, South Korea to Soyosan Station in the northeast, Incheon in the southwest, and Sinchang (Soonchunhyang Univ.) ...

Gyeongchun Line The Gyeongchun Line is a regional rail line between Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic Peop ...

and

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 ...

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operated by Korail. Together with Incheon station and

Suwon station Suwon Station is a railway station in the city of Suwon, South Korea. The station was completely redeveloped in 2002 and 2003, and is now integrated with the Aekyung Shopping Mall (AK Plaza). This station serves Inter-city railway Gyeongbu Line K ...

, this station was one of the three termini of Line 1 when it opened in 1974. Seongbuk Depot, one of the five depots of Line 1, is located nearby.

Renaming

Seongbuk station was renamed to Kwangwoon University station on February 25, 2013.Seongbuk Station is now named Kwangwoon University Station
(Korail via VisitKorea.net - February 18, 2013) It was formerly subnamed

Kwangwoon University Kwangwoon University (Abbreviated to Kwangwoon, KW and KWU) is a comprehensive, coeducational and private research university in Seoul (Wolgye Dong, Nowon-gu), South Korea, offering undergraduate and graduate programs (Master and Doctor). Chosu ...

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Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations Metro stations in Nowon District Railway stations opened in 1939 Seoul Subway Line 1 {{Seoul-metro-station-stub