Gwangju station

This article is about the train station in Gwangju Metropolitan City. For the Seoul Metropolitan Subway station in Hangul, see Gyeonggi Gwangju station.

Gwangju Station is a train station located in Gwangju, South Korea, 353 km south of Yongsan station.

광주 Gwangju
Gwangju Station from the front
Korean name
Hangul	광주역
Hanja	光州驛
Revised Romanization	Gwangju yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kwangju yŏk
General information
Location	611 Jungheung Dong, Buk Gu, Gwangju
Operated by	Korail
Platforms	3
Tracks	8
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground/Straight
History
Opened	July 1, 1922
Services
Preceding station Following station Geungnakgang towards Yongsan Mugunghwa-ho Terminus Terminus Geungnakgang towards Mokpo

History

The station opened on July 1, 1922, and the station building was moved to its present location on July 25, 1969.^[1]

On August 10, 2000, Gwangju Station was disconnected from the Gyeongjeon Line when a southern bypass between Hyocheon and Songjeong-ri (today GwangjuSongjeong Station) was opened. The section between Songjeong-ri and Gwangju remained in use as the Gwangju Line, a spur with Gwangju Station as its terminal station.

Gwangju Station was opened on July 1, 1922 as a regular station in Daein-dong, Gwangju, and served as an important transportation role for Kwang-si until April 1, 2004. Currently^[when?], KTX operation is in charge of GwangjuSongjeong Station, and Gwangju Station serves Mugunghwa-ho and ITX-Saemaeul services.^[1]

It has stopped operating KTX since April 2015.

Images

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  Gwangju Station entrance
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  Gwangju Station entrance with the city mascot
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  The station interior
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  Taxi stop

See also

• Transportation in South Korea
• Korail
• Korea Train Express