Jeonju Station

Jeonju 전주
Jeonju Station
Korean name
Hangul	전주역
Hanja	全州驛
Revised Romanization	Jeonju-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Jŏnju-yŏk
General information
Location	Dongbu-daero 680, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, North Jeolla[1][2] South Korea
Operated by	Korail
Line(s)	Jeolla Line
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
History
Opened	November 17, 1914

Jeonju Station(전주역, hanja: 全州驛 ) is a railway station of Jeolla Line, located in Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, South Korea. KTX, ITX-Saemaeul, Mugunghwa-ho, S-Train stops at this station. Jeonju Station's feature is station built as Hanok style.

Timeline

Date	Content
November 17, 1914	Operation started as ordinary station at Sangsaeng-ri, Idong-myeon, Jeonju-gun, North Jeolla[3][1][2]
January 16, 1915	Rebuilt the station building[2]
October 1, 1928	Railroad Bureau of Governor-General of Korea bought the station[2]
September 20, 1929	Rebuild and Relocated the station to Nosong-ri, Idong-myeon, Jeonju-gun[2]
January 11, 1930	Improved the gauge to standard gauge at section of Iri ~ Jeonju[2]
April 1, 1972	Transferred from Daejeon Railroad bureau to Suncheon Railroad bureau[2]
March 23, 1978	Rebuild and Relocated the station to present location, because of transfer of Jeolla Line's Jeonju section[2] Built the underground platform passageway[2]
May 25, 1981	Started new station building construction[2]
May 1, 1993	Paid rest area operation started[4][2]
July 1, 1995	Paid rest area closed[5][2]
May 1, 2006	Small Cargo carrying stopped[2]
November 1, 2008	Cargo transportation stopped[6][2]
October 5, 2011	Double-track opened, and KTX began to stop[7]
December 13, 2013	S-Train began to stop
June 1, 2014	ITX-Saemaeul began to stop

Platform

Statin have 3 platforms, 5 tracks, operating as binary side platform.

↑ Samnye

| 1 | | ２３ | | ４５ | | | | | |

Imsil ↓

1	Unused	Platform closed
2·3	Jeolla Line	For Haengsin · Incheon Int'l Airport · Yongsan · Yeongdeungpo · Anyang · Suwon · Pyeongtaek · Cheonan
4·5		For Namwon · Suncheon · Gokseong · Guryegu · Yeosu-EXPO

Gallery

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  Platform under construction because of binary track construction

References

1. "전주역" [Jeonju Station]. Korail. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
2. "철도역정보: 전주역" [Railroad station information: Jeonju]. 철도산업정보센터 (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-11-11.
3. "조선총독부관보 휘보 경편철도가운수개시인가", November 30, 1914.
4. 대한민국관보 철도청 고시 제1993-19호, April 17, 1993.
5. 대한민국관보 철도청 고시 제1995-24호, June 17, 1995.
6. 대한민국관보 국토해양부고시 제2008-561호, October 17, 2008.
7. "전라선 KTX 전주역 정차...용산까지 2시간11분" (in Korean). 연합뉴스. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2016-11-11.