Daegwang-ri station

대광리
Daegwang-ri
Daegwang-ri Station in 2013
Korean name
Hangul
대광리역
Hanja
大光里驛
RRDaegwangni-yeok
MRTaegwangni-yŏk
General information
Location1156 Yeonsin-ro, Sinseo-myeon, Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province
South Korea
Coordinates38°11′0.28″N 127°6′28.38″E / 38.1834111°N 127.1078833°E / 38.1834111; 127.1078833
Operated by Korail
LineGyeongwon Line
Platforms2
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeSurface
History
OpenedOctober 21, 1912
Services
Commuter Train (currently suspended)
Location

Daegwang-ri station (Korean대광리역; Hanja: 大光里驛) is a railway station on the Gyeongwon Line in South Korea. The station is 84.3 km from Yongsan station, 7.0 km from Sinmang-ri station (the next station towards Yeoncheon) and 4.4 km from Sintan-ri station (the next station towards Baengmagoji).

Contrary to its name, the station is located in Dosin-ri, and only some of its facilities are in Daegwang-ri.

Timeline

  • October 21, 1912: Opening
  • December 1, 2008: Designated as a station for on-board ticket service and ticket machines were removed.
  • July 28, 2011: Train service suspended due to track loss caused by heavy rains in central South Korea in July 2011.
  • March 21, 2012: Train service resumed, with 11 services each way per day.
  • July 2012: Increased the number of services to 17 per day.
  • July 20, 2015: Downgraded to an unmanned station [1]
  • July 1, 2018: Gyeongwon Line Yeoncheon ~ Baengmagoji section service temporarily suspended due to track improvement work.
  • December 2, 2018: Gyeongwon Line Yeoncheon ~ Baengmagoji section service resumed.
  • April 1, 2019: Gyeongwon Line service suspended between Dongducheon and Yeoncheon due to electrification work. Replacement buses operate 46 times daily.

Around the station

  • Sinseo-myeon Administrative Welfare Center
  • Sinseo Police Station
  • Daegwang Post Office
  • Yeoncheon Agricultural Cooperative (Sinseo Branch)
  • Yeoncheon Fire Station (Sinseo 119 Regional Unit)
  • Nonghyup Hanaro Mart (New Bookstore)
  • Daegwang Middle School
  • Daegwang Elementary School
  • Sinseo-myeon Community Center
  • Paju Yeoncheon Livestock Cooperative (Yeoncheon Branch)
  • Sinseo Health Center

Adjacent Stations

Preceding station Korail Following station
Sintan-ri
Towards Baengmagoji
Commuter Train
(currently suspended)
Sinmang-ri
Towards Yeoncheon

References

  1. ^ Korea Railroad Corporation Train Operation Enforcement Rules No. 2015-047, July 15, 2015