Sosa Station

Sosa Station
Korean name
Hangul	소사역
Hanja	素砂驛
Revised Romanization	Sosa-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sosa-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily ridership	Based on Jan–Dec of 2012. Line 1: 32,222[1]
Line 1
← Yeokgok Bucheon →
Station number	147
Address	51 Sosabon 2-dong, 272 Sosaro, Sosa-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do[2][3]
Coordinates	37°28′58″N 126°47′44″E / 37.48273°N 126.79545°ECoordinates: 37°28′58″N 126°47′44″E / 37.48273°N 126.79545°E
Date opened	April 30, 1997[2][3]
Type	Aboveground
Platforms/tracks	2 / 4
Operator	Korail

Sosa Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 1 in Bucheon City, west of Seoul.

History

The station was opened in 1997.^[2][3]

In the future, Sosa is planned to serve several new metro lines; Sosa–Wonsi Line, starting at Wonsi Port (in Ansan City) in the south, through Siheung City,^[4] as well as Sosa–Daegok Line going north through Bucheon, Gimpo, and Goyang.^[5][6] These lines would allow connections from Sosa to Line 4 in Ansan, the Sin-Ansan line, Line 1 (at Sosa), Line 7 (in Bucheon), Lines 5 and 9 and AREX (at Gimpo Airport), and Line 3 and the Gyeongui Line (at Daegok Station near Ilsan).

References

1. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
2. "소사역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
3. "소사역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
4. "소사~원시 복선전철 내년 상반기 착공예정" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
5. "고양에서 부천까지 16분…복선전철 내년 3월 착공" (in Korean). Yonhap News. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
6. "대곡~소사선 3월 착공… 신안산선 건설 확정 도내 복선전철 사업 속력" (in Korean). Gyeonggi Ilbo. 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2016-01-06.