Taehwagang station, meaning Taehwa River station, is a train station located in Samsan-dong,
Nam-gu Nam-gu (), or " Southern District," is the name of a ''gu'' in several South Korean cities:
*Nam-gu, Busan
*Nam-gu, Daegu
* Nam-gu, Gwangju
*Nam-gu, Incheon
* Nam-gu, Pohang
*Nam-gu, Ulsan
Nam District (Nam-gu) is a district of Ulsan, South Korea. ...
,
Ulsan
Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...
. It was previously named Ulsan station until the
KTX Ulsan station opened on November 1, 2010.
History
*October 25, 1921: Service opened at Seongnam-dong,
Jung-gu
*December 1, 1935: Service moved to former Hakseong-ri, Ulsan-gun with
standard gauge
*April 26, 1953: Promotion in status to level 5 station
*September 10, 1971: Designated as civilian coal arrival processing station
*August 21, 1979: Cancellation of designation as civilian coal arrival processing station (However, processing occurred provisionally until October 15, 1979)
*1987: Announcement of relocation of Ulsan City Rail
*October 22, 1989: Started
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 People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
–Ulsan
Saemaeul-ho
The Saemaeul-ho, formerly known as the Saemaul-ho and Saemaul Express, is a class of train operated by Korail, the national railroad of South Korea, since February 8, 1969. Before the introduction of the KTX express trains, the Saemaeul-ho was ...
*August 20, 1992: Service moved to 8-8 Samsan-dong, Nam-gu, the current place
*October 15, 2002: Raised the number of Saemaeul Express for Seoul–Ulsan
*June 1, 2007: Seoul–Ulsan Saemaul line extended to Seoul–
Bujeon
*November 1, 2010: Renamed to Taehwagang Station due to
the station on Gyeongbu HSR, and reduced Seoul–Bujeon Saemaeul line to
Dongdaegu–Bujeon
External links
Cyber station informationfrom
Korail
Railway stations in Ulsan
Nam District, Ulsan
Railway stations opened in 1921
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