Jungang station (Ansan)

중앙 (서울예술대)
Jungang
(Seoul Institute of the Arts)
중앙 (서울예술대)
Jungang
(Seoul Institute of the Arts)
Station Sign
Korean name
Hangul
중앙역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJung-ang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerChungang-yŏk
General information
Location167-378 Gojan-dong,
918 Jungangdaero, Danwon-gu,
Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do[1]
Operated byKorail
Line(s)     Line 4
     Suin–Bundang Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
Key dates
October 25, 1988[1]     Line 4 opened
September 12, 2020     Suin–Bundang Line opened
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Hanyang University at Ansan
towards Danggogae
Line 4 Gojan
towards Oido
Sangnoksu
towards Danggogae
Line 4
Express
Choji
towards Oido
Hanyang University at Ansan Suin–Bundang Line Gojan
towards Incheon

Jungang Station is a railway station on Seoul Subway Line 4 and the Suin–Bundang Line in Ansan, South Korea. Its substation name is Seoul Institute of the Arts. It is a busy station located close to the Ansan Express Bus Terminal.[1]

The Sinansan Line will connect Jungang Station to Yeouido Station in 2023.[2]

Screen door in Jungang station

Station layout

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L2
Platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound Ansan Line toward Oido (Gojan) (Local) or (Choji) (Express)
Northbound Ansan Line toward Danggogae (Hanyang Univ. at Ansan) (Local) or (Sangnoksu) (Express)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
L1
Concourse
Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
G Street level Exit

Station information

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Nearby universities include Seoul Institute of the Arts (substation name), and Korea Hotel Tourism College, a vocational school, is a two-minute walk away.

It is near this station where Ansan citizens gather when they want to drink and play in downtown Ansan. In addition, Ansan Bus Terminal is about a 10-minute walk from this station.

If you exit Jungang Station, there is an underground road crossing Jungang-daero.

To the south of the station are newly built apartment complexes and residential areas in the 2000s, and to the north of the station is a large floating population as commercial districts (CGV Ansan, etc.) that have been with Ansan's history are concentrated. In addition, Ansan Bus Terminal is about a 10-minute walk away.

Among the subway stations in Ansan, Jungang Station has the largest number of passengers.[3] It is the commercial and business center of Ansan, but there were not that many passengers in 2000. However, between 2000 and 2003, as Gojan New Town was built and the station influence area expanded, the number of users visiting Jungang Station increased significantly.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "중앙역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  2. ^ 김, 하나 (2015-08-26). "안산~여의도 신안산선 착공 확정, 서부권 부동산 시장 '기대감'". Archived from the original on 2016-04-05.
  3. ^ "Korea Rail Transport Statistics".

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