Sema station

Sema station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 1 in the city of Osan, South Korea. Services on the Gyeongbu Line also pass through this station.

P158 세마 Sema
Korean name
Hangul	세마역
Hanja	洗馬驛
Revised Romanization	Sema-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sema-yŏk
General information
Location	225 Sema-dong, 88 Semayeongno, Osan-si, Gyeonggi-do[1][2]
Operated by	Korail
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
Key dates
December 27, 2005[2][1]	Line 1 opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 4,324[3]

History

In September 1997 the station was planned to be built with Korail and the city government of Osan sharing 50-50 of the construction cost, but in 1999 Korail decided to cancel the project due to budget constraints, causing residents and students from nearby universities, such as Hanshin University, to protest.^[4] After evaluating it to be economically feasible, construction resumed.^[5] It was originally scheduled to open in 2002, but conflict over project costs and land ownership further delayed its date.^[6] Finally in 2005 it began operations.