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Mangu Station
Mangu StationKorean name Hangul 망우역 Hanja 忘憂驛 Revised Romanization Mangu-yeok McCune-Reischauer Mangu-yŏk Jungang Line ← Sangbong Yangwon → Station number K121 Address 172-3 Sangbong-dong,
11-10 Manguro 55 gil,
Jungnang-gu, SeoulDate opened April 1, 1940 Type Aboveground Platforms/tracks 2 / 3 Operator Korail Gyeongchun Line ← Sangbong Galmae → Station number K121 Address 172-3 Sangbong-dong,
11-10 Manguro 55 gil,
Jungnang-gu, SeoulDate opened April 1, 1940 Type Aboveground Platforms/tracks 2 / 3 Operator Korail Coordinates: 37°35′57″N 127°05′32″E / 37.59920°N 127.09235°E
Mangu Station (pronounced Mang-woo) is a station on the Jungang Line, and Gyeongchun Line since 21 December 2010. This station is probably most famous for being Seoul's main distribution center of charcoal briquettes in the 1950s and 1960s, extracted and manufactured in southern Gangwon province. These briquettes were widely used by people to weather harsh winters when Korea was a developing country and recovering from the Korean War. It is a station that still predominantly handles freight trains. It is very close to an E-Mart and Costco stores.
Although it is located close to the Sangbong Bus Terminal and Sangbong Station, it has yet to fulfill its potential as a transportation hub. With the electrification and twin-tracking of Gyeongchun Line, this station is the newly-designated western terminus station (however, Gyeongchun Line operates about 1 km west further till its de-facto terminus, Sangbong).
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station toward YongsanJungang Line toward YongmunTerminusGyeongchun Line Galmaetoward ChuncheonThis article about a railway station in South Korea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.