Daejeon Station

Daejeon Station is on South Korea's high-speed KTX railway network, 166.6 km south of Seoul Station.

대전 Daejeon Station
Korean name
Hangul	대전역
Hanja	大田驛
Revised Romanization	Daejeon-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Taechŏn-yŏk
General information
Location	1 Jeong Dong, Dong Gu, Daejeon
Line(s)	Gyeongbu Line Gyeongbu high-speed railway
Platforms	6
Tracks	13
Connections	Metro station
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground/Straight
History
Opened	January 1, 1905
Passengers
(Daily) Based on January–June 2011. KR: 44,913[1]
Services
Preceding station   Korail   Following station Osong toward Seoul or Haengsin Gyeongbu KTX Gimcheon-Gumi toward Busan

History

The station opened on January 1, 1905, in the period of Korea under Japanese rule and KTX trains on the Gyeongbu Line began services on April 1, 2004. The station inspired the romantic blues ballad "Daejeon Blues"[2] that has been preferred by musicians throughout Asia and has become a Korean classic. The melody of the song is played on the speakers of the subway trains upon arriving at Daejeon Station. The station was used for the 2016 film Train to Busan.[3]

Services

Daejeon Station serves all KTX trains on the Gyeongbu Line. It also has express services and local services on the normal speed Gyeongbu Line. The station is served by the Daejeon Line, a short line connecting Daejeon Station with Seodaejeon station, and also by the Daejeon Subway. Underground shopping can be found connected to Daejeon station.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Transportation in South Korea
• Korail
• KTX
• KTX-Sancheon

References

1. Passenger Transportation Result of Korea Railway (O/D). Korea Transportation Database, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
2. Kim, Hyung-yoon (Spring 2010). "Daejeon, Where People Embrace a Slow-paced Life". Koreana: Korean Art & Culture. Vol. 24 no. 1. Seoul, Republic of Korea: The Korea Foundation. pp. 72–79. ISSN 1016-0744. Retrieved November 9, 2011.

External links

• Korea Train eXpress
• Route Map
• "Daejeon Blues" Song