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of the

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in Sangbongam Dong,

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. It is named after the nearby ''

Soyosan Soyosan is a mountain in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Its area extends across the cities of Pocheon and Dongducheon. It has an elevation of .An 2004, p.328. The mountain is home to two Buddhist shrines commemorating Silla priests Wonhyo and Uisan ...

'' (587 m), a mountain beside the

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base Camp Casey. It is on this mountain, at the Jajae'am Hermitage, that the

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Saint

Wonhyo Won Hyo (617 – April 28, 686) was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. Essence-Function (), a key concept in East Asian Buddhism and particularly Korean Buddhism, was refined in the syncretic ...

is said to have reached enlightenment.

History

The station opened for business on January 11, 1976, and the station building was completed on September 21, 1982. This building was closed twenty-four years later, on May 7, 2006, and a temporary building erected in its place. Meanwhile,

of the

was being extended north through the city of

, and Soyosan became its northern terminus, with a new station building completed, on December 15, 2006.

Platform

Passenger Statistics

Exit

Photos

Image:Korail_Gyeongwon_Line_Soyosan_Station_Platform1.jpg, Soyosan Station Image:Korail_Gyeongwon_Line_Soyosan_Station_Platform2.jpg, Dongducheon Direction

References

External links

VisitKorea article on SoyosanTrainspotters society page on Soyosan Station
{{Gyeongwon Line Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations Railway stations in Gyeonggi Province Railway stations opened in 1975 Metro stations in Dongducheon Gyeongwon Line Seoul Subway Line 1