Soyosan Station

Infobox SMS station

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caption=
hangul=소요산역
hanja=逍遙山驛
rr=Soyosan-yeok
mr=Soyosan-yŏk
line1=100
otherlines=Gyeongwon Line
type=Aboveground
platforms=2 side platforms
tracks=2
screendoors=Not Installed
operator=Korail
opened=January 11, 1976
address=126 Sangbongam-dong, Dongducheon, Gyeonggi-do

Soyosan Station (Station 100) is a ground-level metro station on Line 1 of the Seoul Subway in Sangbongam Dong, Dongducheon, South Korea. It is named after the nearby Soyosan (587m)cite web|url=http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/ya/gg/yagg_mv0.jsp?i_seqno=4645|title=한국관광공사여행정보사이트 - 소요산 ("Hanguk Gwangwang Gongsa Yeohaeng Jeongbo Saiteu - Soyosan")|work=VisitKorea Tourism Association|accessdate=2007-11-20] , a mountain beside the U.S. Army base Camp Casey. It is on this mountain, at the Jajae'am Hermitage, that the Buddhist Saint Wonhyo is said to have reached enlightenment.cite web|url=http://english.gg.go.kr/tour/sightseeingSite.jsp?seq=40&page=4&caller=list|title=Mt.Soyosan (Jajaeam Retreat)|work=Gyeonggi-do Provincial Council|accessdate=2007-11-20]

History

The station opened for business on January 11, 1976cite web|url=http://local.naver.com/siteview/index?code=11636634|title=소요산역 ("Soyosan Yeok")|work=Naver (Korean)|accessdate=2007-11-20] and the station building was completed on September 21, 1982. This building was closed twenty-four years later, on May 7, 2006 and a temporary building erected in its place. Meanwhile, Line 1 of the Seoul Subway was being extended north through the city of Dongducheon, and Soyosan became its northern terminus, with a new station building completed, on December 15, 2006cite web|url=http://y1.yj.go.kr/system/bbs/smboard.asp?bid=otherdong&mode=view&idx=164&s_category=&page=9|title=다른마을소식 ("Dareun Maeul Sosik")|work=Yangju City Council (Korean)|accessdate=2007-11-20] .

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References

External links

* [http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/ya/gg/yagg_mv0.jsp?i_seqno=4645 VisitKorea article on Soyosan]
* [http://ganiyeok.co.kr/bbs/?doc=bbs/gnuboard.php&bo_table=tour&wr_id=7&page=1 Historical article on Soyosan Station (in Korean)]
* [http://www.ilovetrain.com/bbs/zboard.php?id=ministop&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&category=15&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=1426&PHPSESSID=903fd1e7c4d6fad932ddb7ac4031fc70 Trainspotters society page on Soyosan Station]