Jungang Station is a railway station on Seoul Subway Line 4 and the Suin–Bundang Line in Ansan, South Korea. Its substation name is Seoul Institute of the Arts. It is a busy station located close to the Ansan Express Bus Terminal.[1]
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| Korean name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 중앙역 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Jung-ang-yeok | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Chungang-yŏk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 167-378 Gojan-dong, 918 Jungangdaero, Danwon-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Korail | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 4 Suin–Bundang Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Aboveground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| October 25, 1988[1] | Line 4 opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 12, 2020 | Suin–Bundang Line opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Sinansan Line will connect Jungang Station to Yeouido Station in 2023.[2]
Station layout edit
| L2 Platforms |
Side platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Southbound | Ansan Line toward Oido (Gojan) (Local) or (Choji) (Express) → | |
| Northbound | ← Ansan Line toward Danggogae (Hanyang Univ. at Ansan) (Local) or (Sangnoksu) (Express) | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| L1 Concourse |
Lobby | Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs |
| G | Street level | Exit |
Station information edit
Nearby universities include Seoul Institute of the Arts (substation name), and Korea Hotel Tourism College, a vocational school, is a two-minute walk away.
It is near this station where Ansan citizens gather when they want to drink and play in downtown Ansan. In addition, Ansan Bus Terminal is about a 10-minute walk from this station.
If you exit Jungang Station, there is an underground road crossing Jungang-daero, and if you cross the underground road and go to the stairs on the right, you will find Burger King.
To the south of the station are newly built apartment complexes and residential areas in the 2000s, and to the north of the station is a large floating population as commercial districts (CGV Ansan, etc.) that have been with Ansan's history are concentrated. In addition, Ansan Bus Terminal is about a 10-minute walk away.
Among the subway stations in Ansan, Jungang Station has the largest number of passengers.[3] It is the commercial and business center of Ansan, but there were not that many passengers in 2000. However, between 2000 and 2003, as Gojan New Town was built and the station influence area expanded, the number of users visiting Jungang Station increased significantly.
References edit
- ^ a b c "중앙역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ^ 김, 하나 (2015-08-26). "안산~여의도 신안산선 착공 확정, 서부권 부동산 시장 '기대감'". Archived from the original on 2016-04-05.
- ^ "Korea Rail Transport Statistics".
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