Dongdaegu Station, meaning "East Daegu Station", is a railway station in
Daegu,
South Korea
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. It is on the national high-speed
KTX railway network, south of
Seoul Station
Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The station is served by the Korail Intercity Lines and the commuter trains of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway.
Services
KTX
Seoul Station is the terminus of most ...
.
History
The station opened in 1962 and
KTX trains 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 ...
began services on April 1, 2004, shortly after the completion of the new building earlier that year.
Services
Dongdaegu has become the chief station for
Daegu, surpassing
Daegu Station.
Overground
Dongdaegu Station serves all
KTX trains 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 ...
. It also has express services and local services on the normal speed
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 ...
. The station is served by the
Daegu Line
The Daegu Line is a railway line in South Korea. The line connects Gacheon station on the Gyeongbu Line in Daegu to Yeongcheon on the Jungang Line. The line is served by frequent passenger trains between Seoul (via the Gyeongbu Line), Do ...
, a short line which connects to the
Jungang Line.
Subway
The station also serves the
Daegu Subway
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. The overground railway and subway stations are not connected directly: the
Subway Line 1 station entrance lies in a park close by the railway station.
Popular culture
Dongdaegu station features in the 2016
zombie
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horror film ''
Train to Busan
''Train to Busan'' () is a 2016 South Korean action horror film directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, and Kim Eui-sung. The film mostly takes place on a high-speed train ...
''.
See also
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Transportation in South Korea
Transportation in South Korea is provided by extensive networks of railways, highways, bus routes, ferry services and air routes that traverse the country. South Korea is the third country in the world to operate a maglev train, which is an autom ...
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Korail
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KTX
References
External links
Korea Train eXpressRoute MapStation homepage (Korean)
from Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation
Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation (DTRO) is a public corporation which runs the Daegu
Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in Sout ...
Korea Train Express stations
Railway stations in Daegu
Daegu Metro stations
Dong District, Daegu
Railway stations opened in 1962
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