Gwangju Station

Gwangju Station
File:Gwangju Station Front.jpg Gwangju Station Building
Korean name
Hangul	광주역
Hanja	光州驛
Revised Romanization	Gwangju yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kwangju yŏk

Gwangju Station is on South Korea's high-speed KTX railway network, 353 km south of Yongsan Station.

History

The station opened on July 1, 1922 and the station building was moved to its present location on July 25, 1969. On August 10, 2000, Gwangju Station was disconnected from the Gyeongjeon Line when a southern bypass between Hyocheon and Songjeong-ri (today Gwangju·Songjeong) was opened. The section between Songjeong-ri and Gwangju remained in use as the Gwangju Line, a spur with Gwangju Station as its terminal station. With the start of Korea Train Express (KTX) services on April 1, 2004, Honam KTX services terminating in Gwangju Station began using this spur line.

Services

Gwangju Station serves some KTX trains on the Honam Line. It also has express services and local services on the Gwangju Line. Gwangju Station is not connected to Gwangju's subway network.

Images

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  Gwangju Station entrance

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  Gwangju Station entrance with the city mascot

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  The station interior

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Transportation in South Korea
• Korail
• Korea Train Express

External links

• Korea Train eXpress
• Route Map