Gunpo station

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군포
Gunpo
Korail logo-white on blue.png
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Korean name
Hangul
군포역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gunpo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Kunp'o-yŏk
General information
Location35 Gunpo-yeok 1-gil,
Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi Province [1]
Coordinates 37°21′13″N126°56′55″E / 37.35361°N 126.94861°E / 37.35361; 126.94861
Operated by Korail
Line(s)      Line 1
Platforms2
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
Key dates
January 1, 1905
August 15, 1974 (Line 1) [1] [2]
      Line 1 opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 1: 14,328 [3]

Gunpo Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 1. It serves the city of Gunpo in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The name of the station is derived from the local name. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 군포역 (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  2. 군포역 (in Korean). Doopedia . Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  3. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine . Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. "Gunpo Station". Doopedia .
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Geumjeong Line 1 Dangjeong
towards Sinchang or Seodongtan