Yeoncheon station

Last updated
연천
Yeoncheon
Korail logo-white on blue.png
Korail Gyeongwon Line Yeoncheon Station Front.jpg
Korean name
Hangul
연천역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Yeoncheonnyeok
McCune–Reischauer Yŏnchŏnnyŏk
General information
Location273-7 Yeoncheon-ro,
Yeoncheon-eup,
Yeoncheon-gun,
Gyeonggi-do
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Coordinates 38°6′19″N127°4′44″E / 38.10528°N 127.07889°E / 38.10528; 127.07889
Operated by Korail logo.svg Korail
Line(s) Gyeongwon Line
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
History
OpenedJuly 25, 1912 (1912-07-25)
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Terminus Line 1 Jeongok
towards Incheon

Yeoncheon Station is a ground-level metro station on Line 1 of the Seoul Subway in Yeoncheon, South Korea.

History

The station opened on July 25, 1912. [1]

The water tower on the station grounds is a facility used by steam locomotives in the past, and was designated as a registered cultural property because of its good preservation condition and its historical value. In addition, the bullet marks from the Korean War remain clear in the 給 Water 井, which is used as historical data.

Yeoncheon Station is located north of the 38th parallel in the latitude, so it belonged to North Korea before the outbreak of the Korean War through Soviet military rule. On the west side of the platform, there is a cargo platform installed in 1948 to transport military supplies related to the Korean War to the south, and military cargo transportation is still taking place today.

On December 16, 2023, Seoul Subway Line 1 was extended to here. [2]

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References

  1. 朝鮮總督府官報告示第291號(1912年7月20日) (en) "Official Report of the Governor-General of Korea No. 291 (20 July 1912)"
  2. 병극, 장 (14 December 2023). ""전철 1호선의 진격...경원선 동두천-연천까지 달린다"" [“The advance of subway line 1... Gyeongwon Line runs from Dongducheon to Yeoncheon.”]. Rail Economy News. Retrieved 20 December 2023.