Jeonju Station

전주
Jeonju
Station building
Korean name
Hangul
전주역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJeonju-yeok
McCune–ReischauerJŏnju-yŏk
General information
LocationDongbu-daero 680, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, North Jeolla[1][2]
South Korea
Operated byKorail
Line(s)Jeolla Line
Platforms3
Tracks5
History
OpenedNovember 17, 1914 (1914-11-17)
Services
Preceding station Following station
Iksan
towards Yongsan or Haengsin

Jeolla KTX
Namwon
towards Yeosu Expo

Jeonju Station (Korean전주역; Hanja全州驛) is a railway station of Jeolla Line, located in Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, South Korea. KTX, ITX-Saemaeul, Mugunghwa-ho, S-Train stops at this station. Jeonju Station's feature is station built as Hanok style.

Timeline

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Date Content
November 17, 1914 (1914-11-17) Operation started as ordinary station at Sangsaeng-ri, Idong-myeon, Jeonju-gun, North Jeolla[3][1][2]
January 16, 1915 (1915-01-16) Rebuilt the station building[2]
October 1, 1928 (1928-10-01) Railroad Bureau of Governor-General of Korea bought the station[2]
September 20, 1929 (1929-09-20) Rebuild and Relocated the station to Nosong-ri, Idong-myeon, Jeonju-gun[2]
January 11, 1930 (1930-01-11) Improved the gauge to standard gauge at section of Iri ~ Jeonju[2]
April 1, 1972 (1972-04-01) Transferred from Daejeon Railroad bureau to Suncheon Railroad bureau[2]
March 23, 1978 (1978-03-23) Rebuild and Relocated the station to present location, because of transfer of Jeolla Line's Jeonju section[2]
Built the underground platform passageway[2]
May 25, 1981 (1981-05-25) Started new station building construction[2]
May 1, 1993 (1993-05-01) Paid rest area operation started[4][2]
July 1, 1995 (1995-07-01) Paid rest area closed[5][2]
May 1, 2006 (2006-05-01) Small Cargo carrying stopped[2]
November 1, 2008 (2008-11-01) Cargo transportation stopped[6][2]
October 5, 2011 (2011-10-05) Double-track opened, and KTX began to stop[7]
December 13, 2013 (2013-12-13) S-Train began to stop
June 1, 2014 (2014-06-01) ITX-Saemaeul began to stop

Platform

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Station have 3 platforms, 5 tracks, operating as binary side platform.

Samnye
| 1 | | 23 | | 45 | | | | | |
Imsil
1 Unused Platform closed
2·3 Jeolla Line For Haengsin · Incheon Int'l Airport · Yongsan · Yeongdeungpo · Anyang · Suwon · Pyeongtaek · Cheonan
4·5 For Namwon · Suncheon · Gokseong · Guryegu · Yeosu Expo
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References

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  1. ^ a b "전주역" [Jeonju Station]. Korail. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "철도역정보: 전주역" [Railroad station information: Jeonju]. 철도산업정보센터 (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  3. ^ "조선총독부관보 휘보 경편철도가운수개시인가", November 30, 1914.
  4. ^ 대한민국관보 철도청 고시 제1993-19호, April 17, 1993.
  5. ^ 대한민국관보 철도청 고시 제1995-24호, June 17, 1995.
  6. ^ 대한민국관보 국토해양부고시 제2008-561호, October 17, 2008.
  7. ^ "전라선 KTX 전주역 정차...용산까지 2시간11분" (in Korean). 연합뉴스. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2016-11-11.

35°50′59″N 127°09′42″E / 35.8498°N 127.1618°E / 35.8498; 127.1618