Mangu Station
Mangu Station | |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 망우역 |
| Hanja | 忘憂驛 |
| Revised Romanization | Mangu-yeok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Mangu-yŏk |
| General information | |
| Location |
172-3 Sangbong-dong, 11-10 Manguro 55 gil, Jungnang-gu, Seoul |
| Coordinates | 37°35′57″N 127°05′32″E / 37.59920°N 127.09235°ECoordinates: 37°35′57″N 127°05′32″E / 37.59920°N 127.09235°E |
| Operated by | Korail |
| Line(s) |
Gyeongui–Jungang Line Gyeongchun Line |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 6 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Aboveground |
| Key dates | |
| April 1, 1940 | Gyeongui–Jungang Line opened |
| April 1, 1940 | Gyeongchun Line opened |
Mangu Station is a station on the Jungang Line, and Gyeongchun Line since 21 December 2010. This station is probably most famous for being Seoul's main distribution center of charcoal briquettes in the 1950s and 1960s, extracted and manufactured in southern Gangwon province. These briquettes were widely used by people to weather harsh winters when Korea was a developing country and recovering from the Korean War. It is a station that still predominantly handles freight trains. It is very close to an E-Mart and Costco stores.
Although it is located close to the Sangbong Bus Terminal and Sangbong Station, it has yet to fulfill its potential as a transportation hub. With the electrification and twin-tracking of Gyeongchun Line, this station is the newly designated western terminus station (however, Gyeongchun Line operates about 1 km west further till its de facto terminus, Sangbong).
External links
- (Korean) Station information from Korail
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mangu Station. |
| Preceding station | Seoul Metropolitan Subway | Following station | ||
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toward Munsan | Gyeongui–Jungang Line | toward Yongmun |
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| Gyeongchun Line | toward Chuncheon |
