Dongducheon Jungang station

Dongducheon Jungang Station (Korean: 동두천중앙역) is a train station on the Seoul Subway Line 1 and the Gyeongwon Line.^[1] The name means Dongducheon Central Station. It was also once known as Eosu-dong Station.^[1]

103 동두천중앙 Dongducheon Jungang
Korean name
Hangul	동두천중앙역
Hanja	東豆川中央驛
Revised Romanization	Dongducheonjung-ang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Tongduch'ŏnjungang-yŏk
General information
Other names	Eosu-dong
Location	682 Saengyeon-dong, 228 Dongducheonno, Dongducheon-si, Gyeonggi-do[1]  South Korea
Coordinates	37°54′08″N 127°03′23″E
Operated by	Korail
Line(s)	Gyeongwon Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
History
Opened	February 1, 1955[2] December 15, 2006 ()[1]
Passengers
Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 8,793[3]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Bosan towards Soyosan Line 1 Jihaeng towards Incheon Dongducheon Terminus Line 1 Gyeongwon Express

Station name

From its opening until 1984, it was operated under the name of Eosu-dong, and from 1984 to December 15, 2006, it was operated under the name of Dongducheon. However, with the extension of Line 1 to Soyosan, the station name was changed to Dongducheon Jungang, and the name Dongducheon Station was once again used by Dongan Station, which had been called Dongducheon Station before 1984.

Platforms

• Platform 1: to Hoegi (Rapid Line)
• Platform 2: to Ganeung / Seoul Station / Incheon
• Platform 3: to Soyosan / Dongducheon
• Platform 4: to Dongducheon (Rapid Line)

Exits

• Exit 1: Saengyeon Post Office, Bus Terminal, Sadong Elementary School, Eosusageori, Dongducheon Public Health Center, Jangangjaerae Market, Jungang-dong Community Center, National Health Insurance Corporation
• Exit 2: Parking Lot
• Exit 3: Dongducheon City Hall, Dongducheon Regional Meteorological Office, Dongduchon Middle School, Dongducheon High School, Saengyeongeullin Park, Saengyeon Elementary School, Dongducheon Girls' Middle School
• Exit 4: Parking Lot

References

1. 동두천중앙역 (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
2. 대한민국관보 교통부 고시 제406호 (1955.01.29)
3. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

External links

• 동두천 대라수 어썸브리지 (expected)
• 한국철도공사 동두천중앙역(신한대제2캠퍼스)
• 동두천시청