Cheongnyangni Station

Cheongnyangni Station
Korean name
Hangul	청량리역
Hanja	淸凉里驛
Revised Romanization	Cheongnyangni-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏngnyangni-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily ridership	Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. KR: 11,782[1] Line 1: 66,305[2] Jungang Line: 26,488[2]
Line 1
← Hoegi Jegi-dong →
Station number	124
Address	620-69 Jeonnong-dong, 205 Wangsanno Jiha, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
Coordinates	37°34′48″N 127°02′42″E / 37.58000°N 127.04500°ECoordinates: 37°34′48″N 127°02′42″E / 37.58000°N 127.04500°E
Date opened	August 15, 1974[3]
Type	Underground
Platforms/tracks	1 / 2
Operator	Seoul Metro
Gyeongui–Jungang Line
← Wangsimni Hoegi →
Station number	K117
Address	597-7 Jeonnong-dong, 214 Wangsanno, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
Date opened	October 15, 1911[4][5]
Type	Aboveground
Platforms/tracks	3 / 6
Operator	Korail

Cheongnyangni Station (청량리역) is a station of Seoul Subway Line 1 and Gyeongui-Jungang Line and it is a Seoul terminus of passenger trains serving the eastern part of South Korea. Gyeongchun Line will be extended from Sangbong Station to Cheongnyangni Station in September 2016, offering a transfer to Line 1, although only some subway cars will operate till there, with others terminating at Sangbong.^[6] A physical transfer between underground and aboveground stations opened on 20 August 2010.^[7]

Passenger trains serving the following Korail lines terminate at Cheongnyangni Station:

• The Yeongdong Line and Taebaek Line to Gangneung, in Gangwon Province;
• The Jungang Line to Andong in North Gyeongsang Province and Busan, to the southeast of Seoul.

In addition, this station is served by all ITX trains to/from Chuncheon Station on the Gyeongchun Line. However, the majority of trains do not terminate at this station but continue to Yongsan Station.

Vicinity

Line 1

• Exit 1 : Cheongnyangni Grocery Market
• Exit 2 :
• Exit 3 : Miju APT
• Exit 4 : Cheongnyangni Train Station
• Exit 5 : Lotte Department Store Cheongnyangni
• Exit 6 : St. Paul Hospital

Aboveground Station

• Exit 1 : Cheongnyangni Subway Station, Lotte Department Store Cheongnyangni

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Cheongnyangni 588, a red-light district
• Jungang Line
• Yeongdong Line
• Gyeongchun Line

References

1. Monthly Number of Passengers between General Railroad Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
2. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
3. "수도권 도시철도 2천km시대 열린다" (in Korean). Business Post. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
4. "청량리역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
5. "청량리역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
6. http://www.gukjenews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=423391
7. "기차역검색 – 청량리역". 한국철도공사. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

External links

• (Korean) Station information from Korail