Namgwangju station

For Disused Station in old Gyeongjeon Line, see Namgwangju station (abandoned).

Namgwangju station ("South Gwangju station") is a station on Gwangju Metro Line 1, located at Hak-dong 994 in Dong-gu, Gwangju, South Korea. It opened for service on April 28, 2004.

Namgwangju
Korean name
Hangul	남광주역
Hanja	南光州驛
Revised Romanization	Namgwangjuyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Namgwangjuyŏk
General information
Location	Hak-dong, Gwangju South Korea
Coordinates	35°8′21.79″N 126°55′22.34″E
Operated by	Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	103
History
Opened	April 28, 2004
Services
Preceding station Gwangju Metro Following station Hakdong–Jeungsimsa towards Nokdong Line 1 Culture Complex towards Pyeongdong

It lies at the site of the former Korail Namgwangju station, which had opened as Singwangju station in 1936 and been renamed Namgwangju in 1938. That station was closed in 2000 as part of the realignment of the Gyeongjeon Line.^[1]

Neighborhood

Namgwangju is historically a transportation hub and the gateway to southern Gwangju and Hwasun-gun (county), including the routes to Jeungsimsa Temple and Mudeungsan. The station serves the commercial district surrounding the South Gwangju General Market (Namgwangju Market), which opened in 1975 to serve the Yeosu, Boseong, and Jangheung areas.^[1]

Traffic in this area tends to be jammed during rush hours as educational institutions, including Jeonnam Medical School, Chosun University, and Chosun College of Nursing; and governmental and public offices such as the Military Manpower Administration and the Dong-gu government office; are clustered around this station.^[1]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits
L1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control
L2 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← Line 1 toward Nokdong (Hakdong·Jeungsimsa)
	Northbound	→ Line 1 toward Pyeongdong (Culture Complex) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

See also

• Transportation in South Korea

References

1. Line 1: Namgwangju, Gwangju Metro, archived from the original on September 24, 2015, retrieved April 12, 2012

External links

• Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation in English
• Route Map in Korean^{[permanent dead link]}