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]
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 소요산역 | ||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Soyosannyeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Soyosannyŏk | ||||||||||
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| Location | 126-3 Sangbongam-dong, 2925 Pyeonghwa-ro, Dongducheon-si, Gyeonggi-do  South Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°56′55″N 127°03′39″E / 37.94861°N 127.06083°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Korail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gyeongwon Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus Station | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Aboveground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | December 23, 1975 | ||||||||||
| Closed | December 15, 2023 (old ground level platform) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | December 16, 2023 (new elevated platforms) | ||||||||||
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| Based on Jan–Dec 2012. KR: 148[1] Line 1: 8,730[2] operator= Korail | |||||||||||
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The ground level station was closed on December 15, 2023 at the last train, and the new elevated station opened the next day, as part of the Yeoncheon extension. This eliminated the tedious grade crossing that surrounded the rail entrance to the station.[5]
History
editThe station opened for business on January 11, 1976,[6] 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.[7]
Platform
edit| No. | Line | Train | Bound |
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| 1 | Gyeongwon Line | Seoul Subway Line 1 | Dongducheon • Uijeongbu • Cheongnyangni • Incheon |
Passenger Statistics
edit| Line | Ridership | Ref. | |||
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| Y2006 | Y2007 | Y2008 | Y2009 | ||
| Line 1 | 2226 | 2830 | 3079 | 3219 | [8] |
Exit
edit| No. | Direction | Bus |
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| 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
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Soyosan Station (Before Yeoncheon Extension) -
Dongducheon Direction (Before Yeoncheon Extension)
References
edit- ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between General Railroad Stations Archived October 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ "한국관광공사여행정보사이트 - 소요산 (Hanguk Gwangwang Gongsa Yeohaeng Jeongbo Saiteu - Soyosan)". VisitKorea Tourism Association. Retrieved 2007-11-20. [dead link]
- ^ "Mt. Soyosan (Jajaeam Retreat)". Gyeonggi-do Provincial Council. Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- ^ 병극, 장 (14 December 2023). ""전철 1호선의 진격...경원선 동두천-연천까지 달린다"" [“The advance of subway line 1... Gyeongwon Line runs from Dongducheon to Yeoncheon.”]. Rail Economy News. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "소요산역 (Soyosan Yeok)". Naver (Korean). Retrieved 2007-11-20.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "다른마을소식 (Dareun Maeul Sosik)". Yangju City Council (Korean). Retrieved 2007-11-20. [dead link]
- ^ 정보공개 공개자료실 Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Korail (Y2009: 철도정보 일반자료실 Archived January 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine)