Pyeongtaek Station is the main train station serving the city of Pyeongtaek, South Korea. It is on the Gyeongbu Line and is also served by Seoul Subway Line 1. It is not a KTX station, but the KTX stops here and there is a ticket counter. There are a number of large department stores, restaurants, and a movie theater located in the subway station. The cinema is located on the 8th floor and is a CJ CGV multi-screen facility with a 3-D screen. On the 3rd floor there are Baskin Robbins, Starbucks, and a large food court featuring a Lotteria fast food restaurant. The station is also located in the middle of the city of Pyeongtaek and many stores and restaurants are outside the station.

평택
Pyeongtaek
Station nameplate
Korean name
Hangul
평택역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationPyeongtaek-yeok
McCune–ReischauerP'yŏngt'aek-yŏk
General information
Location185-1 Pyeongtaek-dong,
51 Pyeongtaengno,
Pyeongtaek-si,
Gyeonggi-do[1][2]
Operated byKorail
Line(s)Gyeongbu Line
Platforms4
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
Key dates
January 1, 1905
20 January 2005 (Line 1)[2][1]
     Line 1 opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
KR: 12,360[3]
Line 1: 27,187[4]

There is a large bus stop in front of the station. The following buses stop in front of the station, as of May 2014: 1-1, 2, 2-2, 3, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 50, 80, 81, 90, 91, 94, 98, 100, and 110-2. The 1-1, 2, and 2-2 buses go to Songtan. The 50 bus goes to Anseong.

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "평택역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  2. ^ a b "평택역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  3. ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between General Railroad Stations Archived 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
PyeongtaekJije Line 1 Seonghwan
towards Sinchang
Seojeongni Line 1
Gyeongbu Express

36°59′27″N 127°5′7″E / 36.99083°N 127.08528°E / 36.99083; 127.08528