Soyosan station

Soyosan Station is a ground-level metro station on Line 1 of the Seoul Subway in Sangbongam Dong, Dongducheon, South Korea. It is named after the nearby Soyosan (587 m),[3] a mountain beside the U.S. Army base Camp Casey. It is on this mountain, at the Jajae'am Hermitage, that the Buddhist Saint Wonhyo is said to have reached enlightenment.[4]

소요산
Soyosan
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSoyosannyeok
McCune–ReischauerSoyosannyŏk
General information
Location126-3 Sangbongam-dong,
2925 Pyeonghwa-ro,
Dongducheon-si,
Gyeonggi-do
 South Korea
Coordinates37°56′55″N 127°03′39″E
Operated byKorail Korail
Line(s)Gyeongwon Line
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus Station
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
History
OpenedDecember 23, 1975 (1975-12-23)
Passengers
Based on Jan–Dec 2012.
KR: 148[1]
Line 1: 8,730[2] operator= Korail
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Terminus Line 1 Dongducheon
towards Incheon
Line 1
Gyeongwon Express
Limited service

History

The station opened for business on January 11, 1976,[5] 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, Line 1 of the Seoul Subway was being extended north through the city of Dongducheon, and Soyosan became its northern terminus, with a new station building completed, on December 15, 2006.[6]

Platform
No. Line Train Bound
1 Gyeongwon Line Seoul Subway Line 1 Dongducheon • Uijeongbu • Cheongnyangni • Incheon

Passenger Statistics
Line Ridership Ref.
Y2006 Y2007 Y2008 Y2009
Line 1 2226 2830 3079 3219 [7]

Exit
No. Direction Bus
1 Soyosan / Soyo Branch Fire Substation / Soyosan Pleasure Ground / Jayusuhopeyonghwa Museum 36 36-5 37 39 39-1 39-4 39-5 50-5 53 53-1 53-2 53-3 53-5 53-6 53-7 53-8 53-9 54

Photos
  • Soyosan Station
    Soyosan Station
  • Dongducheon Direction
    Dongducheon Direction

References
  1. Monthly Number of Passengers between General Railroad Stations Archived October 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. "한국관광공사여행정보사이트 - 소요산 (Hanguk Gwangwang Gongsa Yeohaeng Jeongbo Saiteu - Soyosan)". VisitKorea Tourism Association. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  4. "Mt. Soyosan (Jajaeam Retreat)". Gyeonggi-do Provincial Council. Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  5. "소요산역 (Soyosan Yeok)". Naver (Korean). Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  6. "다른마을소식 (Dareun Maeul Sosik)". Yangju City Council (Korean). Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  7. 정보공개 공개자료실 Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Korail (Y2009: 철도정보 일반자료실 Archived January 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine)
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