Bupyeong Station Explained

Native Name:	부평 (가톨릭대 인천성모병원)
Bupyeong (The Catholic Univ. of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital)
Station Number:	152

Mlanguage:

Child:	yes
Hangul:	부평역
Hanja:	富平驛
Mr:	Pup'yŏngnyŏk
Rr:	Bupyeongnyeok

Address:

738-21 Bupyeong 1-dong,
16 Gwangjangno,
Bupyeong-gu, Incheon

Other Name:

Catholic University of Korea Incheon St Mary's Hospital

Passengers:

(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Seoul Line 1: 90,620^[1]
Incheon Line 1: 12,474

Operator:

Korail, Incheon Transit Corporation

Lines:

Gyeongin Line

Platforms:

Tracks:

Code:

152 (Korail)
I120 (Incheon Subway)

Structure:

Aboveground (Line 1)
Underground (Incheon Line 1)

Opened:

September 18, 1899
August 15, 1974 ^[2] ^[3]
October 6, 1999

Services Collapsible:

yes

Bupyeong station is a subway station located in Bupyeong District, Incheon, South Korea. This station is on the Seoul Subway Line 1 and Incheon Subway Line 1. It is one of the busiest stations on the Incheon line because of its central location and its connection to the Seoul line.

Entrance

Exit 1: Bupyeong 6-dong Office, Yerim School, Bupyeong Catholic Medical Center
Exit 2: Bupyeong Elementary School, Buil Girls' Middle School, Bupyeong 2-dong Office
Exit 3: Police branch office at Bupyeong Station

Underground market

The station is connected with an underground passage, consisting of small shops that sell various types of goods, including clothes, accessories, electronic devices and books. Many of these goods can be purchased cheaper than standard retail establishments. In addition, the station building has a Uniqlo store, food court, retail shops, various restaurants and a large Lotte Mart store.^[4]

Passengers

According to data, the number of passengers traveling via this station has greatly decreased over the past few years. This is believed to be caused by the deployment of Metropolitan City buses.

Station	Figure^[5]
Station	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Line 1	42675	50606	55855	56145	36980	36338	36018	35349	35739	35152	36651	44377	-
Incheon Subway Line 1	-	-	-	6174	5501	5200	6064	5768	5639	5478	5629	5934	6457

In popular culture

The station has appeared several times in the widely popular South Korean film My Sassy Girl.

References

http://www.ktdb.go.kr/en/web/guest/418 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations
Web site: 부평역. Doopedia. 2016-01-12. ko.
Web site: 부평역. KRIC. 2016-01-12. ko.
Web site: '블루칩' 부상…'경제자유구역 최고야'. 11 December 2007.
Original data from Seoul Metro in 2012

37.4896°N 126.7241°W