Soyosan Station

100 소요산 Soyosan
Soyosan Station
Korean name
Hangul	소요산역
Hanja	逍遙山驛
Revised Romanization	Soyosannyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Soyosannyŏk
General information
Location	126-3 Sangbongam-dong, 2925 Pyeonghwaro, Dongducheon-si, Gyeonggi-do  South Korea
Coordinates	37°56′55″N 127°03′39″E / 37.94861°N 127.06083°ECoordinates: 37°56′55″N 127°03′39″E / 37.94861°N 127.06083°E
Operated by	Korail
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
History
Opened	December 23, 1975
Traffic
Passengers	Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. KR: 148[1] Line 1: 8,730[2] operator= Korail
Services
Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station Terminus Line 1 Dongducheon toward Incheon or Sinchang Preceding station   Korail   Following station Dongducheon toward Yongsan Gyeongwon Line Choseong-ri toward Baengmagoji

Soyosan Station is a ground-level metro station on Line 1 of the Seoul Subway in Sangbongam Dong, Dongducheon, South Korea. It is named after the nearby Soyosan (587m),^[3] a mountain beside the U.S. Army base Camp Casey. It is on this mountain, at the Jajae'am Hermitage, that the Buddhist Saint Wonhyo is said to have reached enlightenment.^[4] Travel time between Soyosan station and Seoul Station via Seoul Subway Line 1 is approximately 78 minutes.

History

The station opened for business on January 11, 1976^[5] and the station building was completed on September 21, 1982. This building was closed twenty-four years later, on May 7, 2006 and a temporary building erected in its place. Meanwhile, Line 1 of the Seoul Subway was being extended north through the city of Dongducheon, and Soyosan became its northern terminus, with a new station building completed, on December 15, 2006.^[6]

Platform

No.	Line	Train	Bound
1	Gyeongwon Line	Seoul Subway Line 1	Dongducheon • Uijeongbu • Cheongnyangni • Incheon
2	Gyeongwon Line	Tonggeun	Jeongok • Yeoncheon • Sintan-ri • Dongducheon

Passenger Statistics

Line	Ridership				Ref.
	Y2006	Y2007	Y2008	Y2009
Line 1	2226	2830	3079	3219	[7]

Exit

No.	Direction	Bus
1	Soyosan / Soyo Branch Fire Substation / Soyosan Pleasure Ground / Jayusuhopeyonghwa Museum	36 36-5 37 39 39-1 39-4 39-5 50-5 53 53-1 53-2 53-3 53-5 53-6 53-7 53-8 53-9 54

Photos

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  Soyosan Station
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  Dongducheon Direction

References

1. Monthly Number of Passengers between General Railroad Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
2. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
3. "한국관광공사여행정보사이트 - 소요산 (Hanguk Gwangwang Gongsa Yeohaeng Jeongbo Saiteu - Soyosan)". VisitKorea Tourism Association. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
4. "Mt.Soyosan (Jajaeam Retreat)". Gyeonggi-do Provincial Council. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
5. "소요산역 (Soyosan Yeok)". Naver (Korean). Retrieved 2007-11-20.
6. "다른마을소식 (Dareun Maeul Sosik)". Yangju City Council (Korean). Retrieved 2007-11-20.
7. 정보공개 공개자료실, Korail (Y2009: 철도정보 일반자료실)

External links

• VisitKorea article on Soyosan
• Historical article on Soyosan Station (in Korean)
• Trainspotters society page on Soyosan Station