Byeongjeom station

Byeongjeom Station is a station on Line 1 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. It is the only train station serving the city of Hwaseong. It is the southern terminal station for approximately half of the subway trains on this line who then carry on to the nearby depot, one of the five depots on Line 1, with the remainder continuing to Cheonan or Sinchang Station.

P157 병점 Byeongjeom Station [Hanshin University]
Korean name
Hangul	병점역
Hanja	餠店驛
Revised Romanization	Byeongjeom-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Pyŏngjŏm-yŏk
General information
Location	824-1 Jinan-dong, 97 Ddokjeongollo, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do[1][2]
Operated by	Korail
Line(s)	Byeongjeom Depot Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
History
Opened	January 1, 1905 30 April 2003 ()[2][1]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan–Dec 2012. Line 1: 30,669[3]
Services Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Seryu towards Soyosan Line 1 Sema towards Sinchang Suwon towards Cheongnyangni Line 1 Gyeongbu Express Osan towards Sinchang Terminus Line 1 Byeongjeom Depot Line Seodongtan Terminus

Many centers of higher education, including Hanshin University, Suwon Science College and the University of Suwon, are located nearby, and shuttle buses run regularly between there and the campuses. In addition, Yungneung (융릉, 隆陵) and Geonneung (건릉, 健陵) – the royal tombs of Crown Prince Sado and his son King Jeongjo, the 22nd ruler of the Joseon Dynasty – lie to the west of the station.[4]

References

1. "병점역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
2. "병점역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
3. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
4. "Yungneung / Geolleung Royal Tomb (a.k.a, Yunggeolleung)". Visit Korea. Retrieved 2015-12-07.