Gulbongsan station

Gulbongsan Station (Korean: 굴봉산역; Hanja: 屈峰山驛) is a railway station on the Gyeongchun Line in Namsan-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea.[1] The station is also called as Jade Garden where the Jade Garden Arboretum of Bugi Station is located about 4 km away from the station, and a free shuttle bus runs every hour.

굴봉산
Gulbongsan Station
[Jade Garden]
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGulbongsanyeok
McCune–ReischauerKulbongsanyŏk
General information
Location226-6 Seocheolli,
57 Seobaekgil, Namsan-myeon,
Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
Coordinates37.84300°N 127.55035°E / 37.84300; 127.55035
Operated byKorail
Line(s)     Gyeongchun Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
History
OpenedDecember 21, 2010
Previous namesSeocheon
Gyeonggang
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Gapyeong
towards Cheongnyangni or Kwangwoon University
 Gyeongchun Line Baegyang-ri
towards Chuncheon

Before upgrading to double track, the Mugunghwa trains while stopping around several times a day. On December 21, 2010, after the double track was completed, the station was renamed to Gulbongsan station and as it was replaced by a commuter train, the Mugunghwa train no longer operates.

Station Name

Original Seocheon Station is located in 230 Seocheon-ri, Namsan-myeon, Chuncheon-gun, but practitioners in that name Seocheon station located in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province and to pronounce avoid confusion, the same as the Gyeonggi and Gangwon Province the station was renamed as Gyeonggang (Gyeonggi + Gangwon) station, which means the point where meets.

In 2010, when the Seoul Metropolitan Subway started, the station was renamed to Gulbongsan station, with the opening of 395m above sea level in the nearby caves Bongsan.[2]

Station Layout
L2
Platforms		 Side platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → Gyeongchun Line toward Chuncheon (Baegyang-ri) →
Westbound ← Gyeongchun Line toward Cheongnyangni (Gapyeong)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
L1
Concourse		 Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
G Street level Exit

References
  1. "굴봉산역" [Gulbongsan station]. terms.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  2. "경춘선 복선전철 역 5곳 이름 확정" [Five names of Gyeongchun Line double-track train station confirmed] (in Korean). 아시아경제신문. September 9, 2010.


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