Cheongnyangni station explained

Native Name: 청량리 Cheongnyangni Native Name: 청량리 (서울시립대입구) Cheongnyangni (University of Seoul) Line Name: Line 1 Station Number: 124
Mlanguage:	Child: yes Hangul: 청량리역 Mr: Ch'ŏngnyangni-yŏk Rr: Cheongnyangni-yeok
Address:	620-69 Jeonnong-dong, 205 Wangsanno Jiha, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
Coordinates:	37.58°N 127.045°W
Passengers:	(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. KR: 11,782^[1] Line 1: 66,305^[2] Jungang Line: 26,488
Operator:	Seoul Metro Korail
Lines:	Yeongdong Line Taebaek Line Jungang Line Gyeongchun Line
Platforms:	8
Tracks:	8
Opened:	October 15, 1911^[3] ^[4]
Years:	August 15, 1974
Events:	Line 1 opened^[5]
Years2:	September 26, 2016
Events2:	Gyeongchun Line opened
Years3:	December 31, 2018
Events3:	Suin–Bundang Line opened
Services Collapsible:	yes

Cheongnyangni Station is a major railway station located at Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It serves as a terminus for passenger trains serving the eastern part of South Korea. KTX, ITX-Cheongchun, and Mugunghwa-ho trains terminates or stops at this station. Several Seoul Metropolitan Subway lines serve the station. These are: Seoul Subway Line 1, the Gyeongchun Line, the Suin–Bundang Line and the Gyeongui–Jungang Line.

The Gyeongchun Line extended from Sangbong Station to Cheongnyangni Station in September 2016, offering a transfer to Line 1, although only some services terminate here, with others terminating at Sangbong.^[6] A physical transfer between underground and aboveground stations opened on 20 August 2010.^[7]

Passenger trains serving the following Korail lines terminate at Cheongnyangni Station:

• The Yeongdong Line and Taebaek Line to Gangneung, in Gangwon Province;
• The Jungang Line to Andong in North Gyeongsang Province and Busan, to the southeast of Seoul.

In addition, this station is served by all ITX trains to/from Chuncheon Station on the Gyeongchun Line. However, the majority of trains do not terminate at this station but continue to Yongsan Station.

Vicinity

Line 1

• Exit 1: Cheongnyangni Grocery Market
• Exit 2:
• Exit 3: Miju APT
• Exit 4: Cheongnyangni Train Station
• Exit 5: Lotte Department Store Cheongnyangni
• Exit 6: St. Paul Hospital

Aboveground Station

• Exit 1: Cheongnyangni Subway Station, Lotte Department Store Cheongnyangni

See also

• Cheongnyangni 588, a red-light district

External links

• Station information from Korail

Notes and References

1. http://www.ktdb.go.kr/en/web/guest/419 Monthly Number of Passengers between General Railroad Stations
2. http://www.ktdb.go.kr/en/web/guest/418 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations
3. Web site: http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=1277272&cid=40942&categoryId=34709. ko:청량리역. Doosan Encyclopedia. 2015-09-24. ko.
4. Web site: http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=796162&cid=46632&categoryId=46632. ko:청량리역. KRIC. 2015-09-24. ko.
5. Web site: 수도권 도시철도 2천km시대 열린다. 2015-04-16. Business Post. ko. 2015-09-24.
6. Web site: 동대문구, 제3차 국가철도망 구축...청량리역 포함 - 국제뉴스. 6 February 2016.
7. Web site: 기차역검색 – 청량리역. https://archive.today/20130411055005/http://info.korail.com/servlets/renew.sta.sta02000.sw_sta02200_v1Svt?code=0090&name=%C3%BB%B7%AE%B8%AE. dead. 11 April 2013. Korail. 15 February 2013.