Busan Station

Busan 부산
Korean name
Hangul	부산역
Hanja	釜山驛
Revised Romanization	Busannyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Pusannyŏk
General information
Location	Choryang-dong, Dong District, Busan South Korea
Coordinates	35°06′55″N 129°02′29″E / 35.11520°N 129.04137°ECoordinates: 35°06′55″N 129°02′29″E / 35.11520°N 129.04137°E
Operated by	Korail
Line(s)	Gyeongbu Line, Gyeongbu High Speed Railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	9
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
History
Opened	April 1, 1908
Services
Preceding station   Korail   Following station Ulsan toward Seoul, Haengsin, or Incheon Int'l Airport Gyeongbu KTX Terminus

Busan Station 부산역
Coordinates	35°06′55″N 129°02′23″E / 35.115229°N 129.039702°E
Operated by	Busan Transportation Corporation
Line(s)	Busan Metro Line 1
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	113
History
Opened	May 15, 1987

Busan Station is a train station in Busan,^[1] southeast South Korea, and the southern terminus of the Gyeongbu Line, the most important railway line in the country, which links Busan with Seoul in just under three hours,^[2][3] using the KTX line (Korea's high-speed rail system). Busan Line 1's official name is Busan Station Station^[4]

Location

The station is centrally located in the Choryang-dong (neighbourhood) of Dong-gu (ward) in Busan. It is also an underground station on Busan Metro Line 1 between Jungang and Choryang stations.

Station layout

KORAIL

Construction of the new KTX Busan terminal began in 2001 and was completed in 2003. The new station covers 24,646 square meters/265,287 square feet and it is equipped with up-to-date automatic ticket vending machines, 11 elevators, 10 escalators, PC area, waiting and vending areas.^[5]

The entire convex curved front of the structure is glass covered construction and the station is considered an architecturally significant building.^[6]

The main entrance opens up to a large park-like area surrounding the front of the station to the west.

Platforms

Platform No.	Line	Train	Destination	Other
1	Gyeongbu Line	Saemaul-ho	For Gupo·Dongdaegu·Daejeon·Seoul
3·4	Gyeongbu Line	Mugunghwa-ho	For Dongdaegu·Yeongju·Daejeon·Seoul
5·6	Gyeongbu Line·Gyeongbu High Speed Railway	KTX	For Gupo·Miryang·Dongdaegu·Daejeon·Seoul·Haengsin
8·9	Gyeongbu Line·Gyeongbu High Speed Railway	KTX	For Ulsan·Singyeongju·Dongdaegu·Daejeon·Seou·Haengsin	Some KTX Trains run via Suwon or Yeongdeungpo which are stations on non-KTX Gyeongbu lane
10~13	Gyeongbu Line·Gyeongbu High Speed Railway	KTX·Saemaul-ho·Mugunghwa-ho	Exit Only

Busan Metro

Busan Station of Busan Metro has two side platform serving 2 tracks.

Platforms

Up	●Line 1	For Jungang・Nampo・Saha・Sinpyeong
Down	●Line 1	For Seomyeon・Yeonsan・Dongnae・Nopo

• Platform numbers are not assigned.

Panorama

[[|x320px|alt=Frontal view of Busan Station at night]]

Glass covered front curved-design of the Busan Station at night.

[[|x320px|alt=Passenger waiting area inside Busan Train Station.]]

Passenger waiting area inside Busan Train Station.

See also

• Transportation in South Korea

References

1. "asian-efl-journal". Retrieved 2010-08-04.
2. "seoulbysubway". Retrieved 2010-08-04.
3. "railway-technology". Retrieved 2010-08-04.
4. It means "Busan Station" Station. In other words, "The station near Busan Station"
5. "lifeinkorea-Travel2". Retrieved 2010-08-04.
6. "glasssteelandstone.com-Busan Station". Retrieved 2010-08-06.

External links

• Korail Busan website (Korean)
• KTX & other Trains: Busan Metropolitan Government
• Metro of busan - busan official site
• (Korean) Cyber station information from Busan Transportation Corporation