Jeongok station

100-2

전곡
Jeongok
100-2	전곡; Jeongok
	Jeongok station on February 2025
Korean name
Hangul	전곡역
Hanja	全谷驛
Revised Romanization	Jeongonnyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏngonnyŏk
General information
Location	75 Jeongokyeok-ro, ; Jeongok-eup,; Yeoncheon-gun, ; Gyeonggi-do; South Korea
Coordinates	38°1′28″N 127°4′15″E / 38.02444°N 127.07083°E / 38.02444; 127.07083
Operated by	Korail
Line	Gyeongwon Line
Construction
Structure type	Over-track
History
Opened	July 25, 1912 (1912-07-25)
Services
Location
Location

Railway station in South Korea

Jeongok Station (Korean: 전곡역; Hanja: 全谷驛; RR: Jeongok-yeok) is a ground-level metro station on Line 1 of the Seoul Subway in Yeoncheon, South Korea.

History

The station was opened on July 25, 1912.^[1] Operations had been temporarily suspended between July 28, 2011 and March 21, 2012 due to track damage caused by heavy rain. Gyeongwon Line commuter train service resumed on March 21, 2012, and the number of trains each way per day increased to 11, which then increased to 17 on July 1, 2012.

During the electrification of the Gyeongwon Lines's Dongducheon - Yeoncheon section for the extension of Seoul Subway Line 1, the old station building was demolished in 2020. On December 16, 2023, the new subway station opened with the opening of the Dongducheon - Yeoncheon section of Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 1.^[2]

Timeline

July 25, 1912: Opened for business
September 1945: Due to the division of Korea along the 38th parallel north, it became the southernmost station on the Gyeongwon Line on the North Korean side.
July 1953: After Korean War, it became one of the northernmost stations on the Gyeongwon Line on the Sorth Korean side.
October 16, 1958: Completion of the current station
July 28, 2011: Temporary suspension of operations due to track damage caused by heavy rain.
March 21, 2012: Commuter train service resumed with the completion of the Choseong Bridge, and the number of one-way trains was reduced to six per day.
July 1, 2012: Number of commuter trains serving the station increased
October 31, 2014: Construction work began on the single-track section of Seoul Subway Line 1.
May 29, 2015: Termination of cargo handling^[3]
August 29, 2018: The Chatancheon Bridge between Jeongok and Yeoncheon was flooded due to heavy rain, and train service was limited to this station.
September 7, 2018: Service resumed between Jeongok and Yeoncheon.
April 1, 2019: Gyeongwon Line commuter train service suspended between Dongducheon and Yeoncheon due to electrification work. Replacement buses operated 32 times daily.
December 16, 2023: Opening of the new subway station as part of the Seoul Subway Line 1 Yeoncheon extension.

Station Layout

While the platforms of the station at ground level, the station building is on the footbridge over the tracks. One may use the footbridge to cross the tracks without entering the paid area.

3F

Concourse

Turnstiles, Customer Service, Washrooms, Exit

1F Platform
	Northbound	← Seoul Subway Line 1 towards Yeoncheon (Yeoncheon)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left / right
	Southbound	Seoul Subway Line 1 towards Incheon (Cheongsan) →

Platform screen doors are installed on the platform.

Patronage

The 2023 data reflects the 16-day period from December 16 (the opening date) to December 31, 2023.

Route		Average daily number of people (people/day)		Reference
Route		2022	2023	Reference
Gyeongwon Line	Boarding	Not opened yet	1,305	^[4]
Gyeongwon Line	Getting off	Not opened yet	1,208	^[4]

Around the station

Jeongok-ri site (Paleolithic site)
Jeongok Post Office
Jeongok Agricultural Cooperative (Central Branch)
Paju Yeoncheon Livestock Cooperative (Jeongok Branch)
Jeongok Police Station
Jeongok-eup Administrative Welfare Center
Nonghyup Bank Yeoncheon Branch

Gallery

Old station (now demolished)
Platform
Turnstiles
Waiting room
Station name on the platform screen door
Exit 3

References

^ 朝鮮總督府官報告示第291號（1912年7月20日）
^ 병극, 장 (14 December 2023). ""전철 1호선의 진격...경원선 동두천-연천까지 달린다"" [“The advance of subway line 1... Gyeongwon Line runs from Dongducheon to Yeoncheon.”]. Rail Economy News. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Notice No. 2015-332". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, South Korea. May 29, 2015.
^ "Statistical Data - Korea Railroad Corporation". Korea Railroad Corporation. 2022-03-30.

[1] 朝鮮總督府官報告示第291號（1912年7月20日）

[2] 병극, 장 (14 December 2023). ""전철 1호선의 진격...경원선 동두천-연천까지 달린다"" [“The advance of subway line 1... Gyeongwon Line runs from Dongducheon to Yeoncheon.”]. Rail Economy News. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[3] "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Notice No. 2015-332". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, South Korea. May 29, 2015.

[4] "Statistical Data - Korea Railroad Corporation". Korea Railroad Corporation. 2022-03-30.