Oido Station is a subway station in Siheung, South Korea. It is the current southwestern terminus of

Seoul Subway Line 4 Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 4 (dubbed ''The Blue Line'') of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a long line crossing from the southwest to the northeast across the Seoul National Capital Area. The central section in Seoul City is operated by ...

located almost 30 kilometers southwest of

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

, connecting Oido to other parts of Korea. A

commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...

trip between this station and

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 ...

takes over an hour, and a train servicing depot is located nearby. The name of the station was decided by the surrounding area Oido island. This station, along with Jeongwang Station to the southeast, serves the Sihwa Industrial District of southwestern Siheung. Beginning in June 2012, this station also became the southeastern terminus of the

Suin Line The Suin Line (Suwon-Incheon) was a metro line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway serving the Seoul Capital Area. The original route, abandoned in 1995, was one of the few narrow-gauge railways in South Korea. Opened by the privately owned Chosen ...

, linking the city of Siheung to southern

Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

. Of the 4000 trains of the Seoul Metro that run between Danggogae and Oido, 451 and 471 trains and the 341000 trains of the Korea Railroad Corporation will end at the station.

Structure

It is equipped with a two-sided, four-sided, double-decker platform. Same as Sanggi Station and

Wangsimni Station Wangsimni Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2, Seoul Subway Line 5, Gyeongui–Jungang Line, and Suin-Bundang Line; most Suin-Bundang Line trains end service here, though a few daily services continue along the tracks used by the Gyeon ...

, both routes use two one-sided two-line platform. The No. 3 and No. 4 platforms were used as the departure platforms for Metropolitan Subway Line 4 prior to the opening of the Suin Line, but they were changed to the commissioning and forklifts on June 1, 2012. From September 1, 2013, it is possible to make a plane connection only from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, but in other times, it is necessary to transfer through the waiting room using the stairs in the existing way Currently, the transit of planes has been abolished since September 1, 2016 due to the change of train schedule of Line 4 and the additional train service. The installation of the platform screen door has been completed.

Vicinity

* Exit 1: Sihwa District * Exit 2: Hamhyeon Middle &

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Schools * Exit 3: North Town square (Opened at 5:00 AM, Closed at 11:30 PM.)

Ridership

Suin Line and future plans

The narrow-gauge

, which served as a means of transporting

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between

Suwon Suwon (, ) is the capital and largest city of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea's most populous province which surrounds Seoul, the national capital. Suwon lies about south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety". With a popul ...

and

, was abandoned in 1995. Oido Station is the northwestern terminus of the section of the Suin Line that is still in use today; the southeastern terminus is Hanyang University at Ansan Station. However, with the recent population boom in southern

Gyeonggi Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...

province, the line is being relaid as a

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in E ...

railroad for

. The commuter rail is being opened over the course of a few stages. The first stage will incorporate an extension of Suin Line into southern Incheon, and will transfer with the Incheon Subway Line 1 at Woninjae Station.The section between Songdo-Oido opened early by next year 2008-01-13

References

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