Yongsan Station

Yongsan Station
Yongsan Station
Korean name
Hangul	용산역
Hanja	龍山驛
Revised Romanization	Yongsan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Yongsan-yŏk
General information
Location	40-1 Hangangno 3-ga,[1] 55 Hangangdaero 23 gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
Operated by	Korail
Line(s)	Line 1      Gyeongui–Jungang Line
Platforms	6
Tracks	13
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
Key dates
December 1978[1]	Line 1 opened
July 8, 1900[1]	Gyeongui–Jungang Line opened
Traffic
Passengers	(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec 2012. KR: 29,689[2] Line 1:[3] 66,823[4]

Yongsan Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. It is located in Yongsan District, and adjoins the Yongsan Electronics Market. The station is the terminus for high-speed and long-distance trains on a number of railway lines, including most trains on the Honam Line, its high-speed counterpart, and all trains on the Janghang and Jeolla Lines.

Prior to 2004, all long-distance trains serving Seoul terminated at the nearby Seoul Station, but with the opening of the Korea Train Express (KTX), Yongsan Station took over some of Seoul's services.

On February 28, 2012, ITX trains began service between this station and Chuncheon Station on the Gyeongchun Line.

Yongsan Station is also served by metro rail on Line 1 and the Jungang Line on the Seoul Metropolitan Subway.

In 2004, a major cinema opened adjacent to the station. In August 2006, the whole station building was made into a large department store, called I'Park Mall. The building now includes the railway station, subway station, the CGV cinema and several restaurants and shops, as well as housing the first building of the Yongsan Electronics Market. There is a bridge connecting I'Park Mall and the Yongsan Electronics Market. On floors B-1 and B-2 there is a very large E-Mart store along with a food court and a Burger King restaurant. In the higher floors some of the restaurants include: Uno Chicago Grill, KFC, Lotteria, California Pizza Kitchen, Pizza Hut, and many Korean and Japanese restaurants. You can also find Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, and Baskin Robbins.

In 2018 it will become a transfer station with the Shinbundang Line.

Station layout

Yongsan Station has six elevated island platforms and one side platform serving 13 tracks.

Platforms

↑ Namyeong

| 1312 | | | 10９ | | ８７ | | 　６ | | ５４ | | ３２ | | １

↓ Noryangjin   Ichon ↓

Platform No.	Line	Train	Destination	Other
1	●Gyeongui·Jungang Line	Express·Local	For Wangsimni·Cheongnyangni·Guri·Deokso·Yangpyeong·Yongmun
		ITX-Cheongchun	For Cheongnyangni·Gapyeong·Chuncheon
2	●Gyenongui·Jungang Line	Express·Local	For DMC·Ilsan·Munsan
		ITX-Cheongchun	Exit Only
3	●Gyeongbu Line	Express	For Guro·Dongincheon·Suwon·Cheonan
4	●Gyeongbu Line	Express	Exit Only
5	●Gyeongbu Line	Local	For Incheon·Seodongtan·Cheonan·Sinchang
6	●Gyeongbu Line	Local	For Seoul·Cheongnyangni·Uijeongbu·Soyosan
7·8	Honam Line·Jeolla Line·Janghang Line	Saemaul-ho·Nuriro-ho·Mugunghwa-ho	For Gwangju·Mokpo·Yeosu-EXPO·Janghang
9·10	Honam Line·Jeolla Line	KTX	For Seodaejeon·Gwangju·Mokpo·Yeosu-EXPO
12·13	Gyeongbu Line·Honam Line·Jeolla Line·Janghang Line	KTX·Saemaul-ho·Nuriro-ho·Mugunghwa-ho	For Seoul·Haengsin	Some trains terminate

Gallery

• 
  Colonial-era station.

See also

• Transportation in South Korea
• Korail
• Korea Train Express
• Yongsan bombing

References

1. 용산역 (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
2. Monthly Number of Passengers between General Railroad Stations Archived October 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
3. with Jungang Line.
4. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

Coordinates: 37°31′48″N 126°57′53″E / 37.53000°N 126.96472°E