Cheongnyangni Station

Cheongnyangni Station
Korean name
Hangul	청량리역
Hanja	淸凉里驛
Revised Romanization	Cheongnyangni-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏngnyangni-yŏk
General information
Location	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
Operated by	Seoul Metro, Korail
Line(s)	Line 1      Gyeongui–Jungang Line
Platforms	4
Tracks	8
Key dates
August 15, 1974[1]	Line 1 opened
October 15, 1911[2][3]	Gyeongui–Jungang Line opened
Traffic
Passengers	(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. KR: 11,782[4] Line 1: 66,305[5] Jungang Line: 26,488[5]

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. "수도권 도시철도 2천km시대 열린다" (in Korean). Business Post. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
2. "청량리역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
3. "청량리역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
4. Monthly Number of Passengers between General Railroad Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
5. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
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