Osong station is a

train station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...

on the

Honam Honam (; literally "south of the lake") is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea. Today, the term refers to Gwangju, South Jeolla and North Jeolla Provinces. The name "Jeonla-do" is used in the names of th ...

and

Gyeongbu high-speed railway The Gyeongbu high-speed railway, also known as Gyeongbu HSR, is South Korea's first high-speed rail line from Seoul to Busan. KTX high-speed trains operate three sections of the line: on April 1, 2004, the first between a junction near Geumcheo ...

s in

Cheongju Cheongju () is the capital and largest List of cities in South Korea, city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. History Cheongju has been an important provincial town since ancient times. In the Cheongju Mountains, specifically in the ...

City,

North Chungcheong North Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청북도, ''Chungcheongbuk-do''), also known as Chungbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Chungcheong has a population of 1,578,934 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Hoseo region in the s ...

Province,

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. It is located at the intersection of the Gyeongbu KTX high-speed rail line, the conventional

Chungbuk Line The Chungbuk Line(충북선, 忠北線) is a railway line serving North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. The line connects Jochiwon on the Gyeongbu Line to Bongyang on the Jungang Line, serving the major cities of Cheongju and Chungju ''en ...

and, since April 2015, the Honam high-speed railway.

KTX Korea Train eXpress (), often known as KTX (), is South Korea's high-speed rail system, operated by Korail. Construction began on the high-speed line from Seoul to Busan in 1992. KTX services were launched on April 1, 2004. From Seoul Station the ...

trains began calling there from November 1, 2010, bringing high-speed rail service to the nearby city of

. Not all KTX trains call at Osong; only a select number of trains per day in each direction stop there. While not directly attached to the station, there is a KTX test track that connects with the lines just north of the station. The facility is named 철도종합시험선로 and was expanded in 2019.

Criticism

The

was originally not planned to have a station in North Chungcheong Province. The railway was also planned to be built across

Sejong City Sejong (; ), officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a special self-governing city and ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea. Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts of ...

instead of Cheongju. After the initial plan was revealed, residents of Cheongju insisted that authorities build Gyeongbu HSR across Cheongju and build a station there, and threatened to blow up the HSR if they did not build Osong station. In fact, there wasn't any plan about

by then. However, if there was no Osong Station, there would be no station on

North Chungcheong Province North Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청북도, ''Chungcheongbuk-do''), also known as Chungbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Chungcheong has a population of 1,578,934 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Hoseo region in the s ...

even though Kyeongbu HSR passes North Chungcheong Province. The real problem with this station is that it was selected as a branch station for the Gyeongbu and Honam high-speed railway. As a result, The price of the round-trip KTX from Yongsan station to

GwangjuSongjeong Station GwangjuSongjeong Station (formerly Songjeong-ri Station) is a station in Gwangju, South Korea. It is on the national high-speed KTX railway network, 341 km south of Yongsan Station. History The station opened on November 1, 1914, and the ...

has increased by 6200 won and Distance from Yongsan to GwangjuSongjeong increased by 19 km.

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Railway stations in North Chungcheong Province Cheongju Railway stations opened in 1921 Korea Train Express stations {{SouthKorea-railstation-stub