Geumcheon-gu Office Station, formerly known as Siheung Station, is a station on the
Line 1 of the
Seoul Subway
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, as well as the
Gyeongbu Line
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. Commuter rail trains on Line 1 travel southwards from here to
Anyang
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It had a ...
,
Suwon
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,
Pyeongtaek
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and
Cheonan
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Stations via the Gyeongbu Line.
In addition, a
spur line
A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line.
Industrial spur
An industri ...
(also
a part of Line 1) between this station and
Gwangmyeong Station
Gwangmyeong station () is a train station in Gwangmyeong, South Korea. The station was newly built as a stop of national railway operator Korail's KTX high-speed service, south of Seoul Station.
The area surrounding the station is home to the ...
on the
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 ...
serves to link high-speed trains and commuter rail.
The name of the station was changed from Siheung to its current name on December 29, 2008. The main reason for the change was because of the confusion with
Siheung
Siheung ( ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The city has a population of 511,807 people, where 508,646 are residents out of 218,846 households as of August 2021. Siheung acquired its curren ...
, a city located southwest of here.
Gallery
Image:Looking_north_from_Siheung_Station.JPG, Looking north along the tracks
Image:KTX_entering_tunnel_by_Siheung_Station.JPG, Southbound KTX entering tunnel south of platforms while northbound train on the Gyeongbu Line
The Gyeongbu Line (''Gyeongbuseon'') is a railway line in South Korea and is considered to be the most important and one of the oldest ones in the country. It was constructed in 1905, connecting Seoul with Busan via Suwon, Daejeon, and Daegu. ...
approaches
References
Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations
Metro stations in Geumcheon District
Railway stations opened in 1908
1908 establishments in Korea
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