Bupyeong Station

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부평 (가톨릭대 인천성모병원)
Bupyeong
(The Catholic Univ. of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital)
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Korail station
Korean name
Hangul
부평역
Hanja
富平驛
Revised Romanization Bupyeongnyeok
McCune–Reischauer Pup'yŏngnyŏk
General information
Other namesCatholic University of Korea Incheon St Mary's Hospital
Location738-21 Bupyeong 1-dong,
16 Gwangjangno,
Bupyeong-gu, Incheon [1] [2]
Operated by Korail, Incheon Transit Corporation
Line(s) Gyeongin Line
      Incheon Line 1
Platforms4
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeAboveground (Line 1)
Underground (Incheon Line 1)
Other information
Station code152 (Korail)
I120 (Incheon Subway)
History
OpenedSeptember 18, 1899
August 15, 1974 ( Seoul Metro Line 1.svg ) [1] [2]
October 6, 1999 ( Incheon Metro Line 1.svg ) [2]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Seoul Line 1: 90,620 [3]
Incheon Line 1: 12,474 [3]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Bugae
towards Soyosan
Line 1 Baegun
towards Incheon
Songnae
towards Yongsan
Line 1
Gyeongin Express
Dongam
towards Dongincheon
Bugae
towards Dongducheon
Line 1
Gyeongwon Express
Baegun
towards Incheon
Preceding station Incheon Subway Following station
Bupyeong Market
towards Gyeyang
Incheon Line 1 Dongsu

Bupyeong station is a subway station located in Bupyeong District, Incheon, South Korea. This station is on the Seoul Subway Line 1 and Incheon Subway Line 1. It is one of the busiest stations on the Incheon line because of its central location and its connection to the Seoul line.

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Entrance

Underground market

The station is connected with an underground passage, consisting of small shops that sell various types of goods, including clothes, accessories, electronic devices and books. Many of these goods can be purchased cheaper than standard retail establishments. In addition, the station building has a Uniqlo store, food court, retail shops, various restaurants and a large Lotte Mart store. [4]

Passengers

According to data, the number of passengers traveling via this station has greatly decreased over the past few years. This is believed to be caused by the deployment of Metropolitan City buses.

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The station has appeared several times in the widely popular South Korean film My Sassy Girl .

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References

  1. 1 2 "부평역" (in Korean). Doopedia . Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  2. 1 2 3 "부평역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  3. 1 2 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. "'블루칩' 부상…'경제자유구역 최고야'". 11 December 2007.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. Original data from Seoul Metro in 2012

37°29′22.39″N126°43′26.66″E / 37.4895528°N 126.7240722°E / 37.4895528; 126.7240722