Namchuncheon Station (

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: 남춘천역, meaning South Chuncheon Station, Abbr: Kangwondae Station; 강원대역) is a train station on the

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Chuncheon 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 ...

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, operated by

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. This station is 78.6 kilometres from its final western destination,

Sangbong Station Sangbong Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 7, Gyeongchun Line & Gyeongui-Jungang Line. It is located in Sangbong-dong, Jungnang-gu, Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest met ...

History

On July 20, 1939, this station had been operated as the name of ''Seongsan Station'' (성산역), however, on April 1, 1940, the name of station has been changed into ''Namchuncheon Station'' (남춘천역) and this name has been kept since then. On October 27, 1971, the old station (closed since December 21, 2010) has been built and it lasted almost 40 years. On September 30, 2005, with the kickoff of the construction of new twin-track electronic rapid transit system, this station has been used as the eastern terminus of old

, due to the suspension of using

Chuncheon Station Chuncheon Station () is a railway station on, and the eastern terminus of, the Gyeongchun Line in Geunhwa-dong, Chuncheon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do (South Korea), Gangwon-do, South Korea. It was opened in 1939 as a regular train station and becam ...

during that period, and it run successfully until December 20, 2010. A brand-new station has been built, and since December 21, 2010, this station starts operating as the gateway to

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. This station is also called as 'Kangwon Nat'l Univ. Station' (강원대역), because the Chuncheon (primary) Campus of

Kangwon National University Kangwon National University (KNU, ) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities in Gangwon, South Korea. Established as Kangwon Provincial Chuncheon Agricultural College in 1947 in Chuncheon, it extended to a comprehensive university i ...

nearly locates from this station.

Current status

With nearly-located Chuncheon Bus Terminal, it also operates as a transport-hub of

. Although, since December 21, 2010 when the electrification and double-tracking of Gyeongchun line to

has been eventually completed, this station is still busy due to the heavy-populated South Chuncheon (Toegye-dong and Seoksa-dong area; almost half of the city's population) residents, and also incorporates the

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system. From about 5am to 11pm, train service has been operated in almost every 20 minutes toward Sangbong,

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, Kwangwoon Univ., Pyeongnaehopyeong and 'express service' (급행열차) is being operated two times only in weekdays.

Station Layout

Facilities near Namchuncheon station

As mentioned, the KNU Chuncheon (main) campus is located, as well as a state-of-the-art digital regional broadcasting centre of

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(a.k.a. KBS Chuncheon Broadcasting Branch Office, KBS춘천방송총국), Chuncheon

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Station (춘천경찰서), several shopping centre such as ''Chuncheon Pungmul Sijang'' (춘천풍물시장, traditional conventional market, 5-minute-walk), megamall

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and

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(both of them as 'Chuncheon branch'). Chuncheon Bus Terminal, both intercity and express, also located just about 10 minutes walk from this station.

City transportation

This station also operates its service to

's eastern terminus

, which is located 2.7 km northwest of this station, however, most of local residents and college students seldom use it. Metropolitan bus service from this station toward central business district (Myeong-dong 명동 or Jungang-ro 중앙로, famous for

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''겨울연가), North (Hupyeong-dong 후평동), Central (Hyoja-dong 효자동), and Southend (Hakgok-ri 학곡리) connects frequently, however, most of South Chuncheon (Toegye and Seoksa) residential area where massively populated, still rarely.

Particular use

On weekends and Fridays, especially during semesters, this train station is heavily used due to the many college students who live outside Chuncheon. Following a new

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system introduced to this (and