Gangneung station
Gangneung station is a railway station on the Yeongdong Line in Gyo-dong, Gangneung, Gangwon, South Korea. All Seatrains and Mugungwha trains stopped at this station until September 14, 2014 when it was closed because of the construction of the Gyeonggang Line (Wonju-Gangneung Line). Because of this, all Mugungwha trains had terminated at Jeongdongjin station.
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| Hangul | 강릉역 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Gangneungnyeok | ||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kangnŭngnyŏk | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Gyo-dong, Gangneung, Gangwon South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°45′49.54″N 128°53′56.71″E | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Yeongdong Line Gyeonggang Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Aboveground | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | November 6, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | September 15, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | December 22, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Gyeonggang line and Gangneung station opened at December 22, 2017. The KTX-Sancheon train started stopping here. However, the Mugunghwa-ho trains terminated at Jeongdongjin station before July 18, 2018. This is because there were many KTX-Sancheon because of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County.
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External links
- (in Korean) Cyber station information from Korail
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