Suwon Station

Suwon Station is a railway station in the city of Suwon, South Korea. The station was completely redeveloped in 2002 and 2003, and is now integrated with the Aekyung Shopping Mall (AK Plaza). This station serves Inter-city railway Gyeongbu Line KTX, ITX-Saemaeul and Mugunghwa will stop. Also Line 1, Suin–Bundang Line of the Seoul subway will stop. And this station is an important hub in southern Gyeonggi Province.

수원 Suwon
Korean name
Hangul	수원역
Hanja	水原驛
Revised Romanization	Suwonnyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Suwŏnnyŏk
General information
Location	18 Maesanro 1-ga, 924 Deogyeongdaero, Paldal-gu, Suwon-si Gyeonggi-do South Korea
Coordinates	37°15′58″N 126°59′59″E
Operated by	Korail
Line(s)	Gyeongbu Line:      Line 1      Suin–Bundang Line
Platforms	6
Tracks	10
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Ground (Line 1,Gyeongbu Line) Underground (Suin–Bundang Line)
Other information
Station code	P155 (Line 1) K245 (Suin–Bundang Line)
History
Opened	January 1, 1905[1]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on 2019. SMS: 112,319[2] KTX·ITX-Saemaeul·Mugunghwa-ho: 36,987[3]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Hwaseo towards Uijeongbu or Kwangwoon University Line 1 Local Seryu towards Sinchang or Seodongtan Sungkyunkwan University towards Cheongnyangni Line 1 Gyeongbu Express Byeongjeom towards Sinchang Maegyo towards Wangsimni or Cheongnyangni Suin–Bundang Line Local Gosaek towards Incheon Suwon City Hall towards Wangsimni or Cheongnyangni Suin–Bundang Line Bundang Express Gosaek Terminus
Other services Preceding station Korea Train Express Following station Yeongdeungpo towards Seoul Gyeongbu KTX Daejeon towards Busan Preceding station Following station Yeongdeungpo towards ITX-Saemaeul Pyeongtaek towards Saemaeul-ho Anyang towards Mugunghwa-ho Osan towards Yeongdeungpo towards Seoul S-Train Cheonan towards Yeosu Expo Yeongdeungpo towards Yongsan G-Train Asan towards Iksan

Lines

Suwon Station night view (2014)

Suwon is served by the following lines:

Korail

• Gyeongbu Line
• Line 1
• Suin–Bundang Line

Station layout

Korail platforms

Seoul Subway Line 1 · Gyeongbu Line platforms (Ground)

↑Hwaseo(Line 1)/↑Anyang(Gyeongbu Line)

| | | ９８ | | ７６ | | ５４ | | ３２ | |

Seryu(Line 1)↓/Osan(Gyeongbu Line)↓

2~3	Line 1	Line 1 Local · Express	For Byeongjeom · Seodongtan · Pyeongtaek · Cheonan · Sinchang
4~5	Gyeongbu Line		For Daejeon · Dongdaegu · Ulsan · Busan
	Gyeongbu Line · Chungbuk Line	ITX-Saemaeul · Mugunghwa-ho	For Pyeongtaek · Daejeon · Busan · Jinju · Sinhaeundae · Jecheon
	Honam Line · Jeolla Line · Janghang Line	ITX-Saemaeul · Saemaeul-ho · Mugunghwa-ho	For Mokpo · Gwangju · Yeosu Expo · Iksan
6~7	Gyeongbu Line		For Yeongdeungpo · Seoul
		ITX-Saemaeul · Saemaeul-ho · Mugunghwa-ho	For Anyang · Yeongdeungpo · Yongsan · Seoul
8~9	Line 1	Line 1 Local · Express	For Sungkyunkwan Univ. · Anyang · Geumcheon-gu Office · Guro · Kwangwoon Univ. · Uijeongbu

• 
  Line 1 platforms
• 
  Train platforms

Suin-Bundang Line platforms (underground)

↑ Maegyo

| １

↓Gosaek

1	Suin–Bundang Line	For Eocheon · Choji · Hogupo · Yeonsu · Incheon
2		For Cheongmyeong · Migeum · Sunae · Dogok · Cheongnyangni

• 
  Suin-Bundang Line platforms

History

Suwon Station in the early 20th century

Suwon Station opened on January 1, 1905. On December 1, 1930, the narrow gauge Suryeo Line from Suwon to Yeoju opened. On August 6, 1937, the Suin Line from Suwon to Incheon began operating services. Over three decades later, on April 1, 1972, the Suryeo Line closed, though two years later, on December 31, 1975, the Seoul Subway began services to Suwon.^[1] The Suin Line and narrow gauge services were both terminated on January 1, 1996.

Building

Inside Suwon Station

Suwon Station shares a building with AK Plaza. The station itself is above ground (for all services) and underground (for metro services only). There are many stores and restaurants located in the station and outside of the station. Also, there is Lotte Department Store back from the station.^[4] The mall consists of a shopping mall and the Lotte Cinema theater. And there is Suwon Station Transit Center connected to Suwon station.

In a survey conducted in 2011 by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs on 92 Administrative divisions across the country, it reported that the bus stop, near Suwon Railway Station and AK Plaza, was the most frequently used, with a daily average of 77,326 people boarding and 63,255 people alighting.^[5]

Surrounding area

Suwon Station West side entrance

West side

• Suwon Messe
• Lotte mall Suwon store (Lotte Department Store, Lotte Mart)

East side

• Suwon Station Rodeo Street
• AK Plaza
• Novotel Ambassador Suwon Hotel
• Gyeonggi-do Provincial Government

Gallery

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  Station Sign (Suin–Bundang Line)
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  Suwon Station Bus Stop

References

1. "수원역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
2. "코레일 > 사업분야 > 광역철도사업 > 수송통계 > 자료실" [Korail> Business> Greater railroads> Transportation Statistics> Archives].
3. "KORAIL - 정부3.0 정보공개 - 공개자료실".
4. "롯데몰 소개 > Concept/BI : 롯데몰 수원". suwon.lottemall.co.kr. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
5. "Gangnam Busiest Subway Station in Korea". The Chosun Ilbo. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.