Daegwang-ri station
Railway station in South Korea
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Daegwang-ri station (Korean: 대광리역; Hanja: 大光里驛) is a railway station on the Gyeongwon Line in South Korea. The station is 84.3 km from Yongsan station, 7.0 km from Sinmang-ri station (the next station towards Yeoncheon) and 4.4 km from Sintan-ri station (the next station towards Baengmagoji).
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 Daegwang-ri Station in 2013 | ||||||
| Korean name | ||||||
| Hangul | 대광리역 | |||||
| Hanja | 大光里驛 | |||||
| RR | Daegwangni-yeok | |||||
| MR | Taegwangni-yŏk | |||||
| General information | ||||||
| Location | 1156 Yeonsin-ro, Sinseo-myeon, Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province South Korea | |||||
| Coordinates | 38°11′0.28″N 127°6′28.38″E | |||||
| Operated by |  Korail | |||||
| Line | Gyeongwon Line | |||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||
| Construction | ||||||
| Structure type | Surface | |||||
| History | ||||||
| Opened | October 21, 1912 | |||||
| Services | ||||||
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Commuter Train (currently suspended)
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Contrary to its name, the station is located in Dosin-ri, and only some of its facilities are in Daegwang-ri.
Timeline
- October 21, 1912: Opening
- December 1, 2008: Designated as a station for on-board ticket service and ticket machines were removed.
- July 28, 2011: Train service suspended due to track loss caused by heavy rains in central South Korea in July 2011.
- March 21, 2012: Train service resumed, with 11 services each way per day.
- July 2012: Increased the number of services to 17 per day.
- July 20, 2015: Downgraded to an unmanned station [1]
- July 1, 2018: Gyeongwon Line Yeoncheon ~ Baengmagoji section service temporarily suspended due to track improvement work.
- December 2, 2018: Gyeongwon Line Yeoncheon ~ Baengmagoji section service resumed.
- April 1, 2019: Gyeongwon Line service suspended between Dongducheon and Yeoncheon due to electrification work. Replacement buses operate 46 times daily.
Around the station
- Sinseo-myeon Administrative Welfare Center
- Sinseo Police Station
- Daegwang Post Office
- Yeoncheon Agricultural Cooperative (Sinseo Branch)
- Yeoncheon Fire Station (Sinseo 119 Regional Unit)
- Nonghyup Hanaro Mart (New Bookstore)
- Daegwang Middle School
- Daegwang Elementary School
- Sinseo-myeon Community Center
- Paju Yeoncheon Livestock Cooperative (Yeoncheon Branch)
- Sinseo Health Center
Adjacent Stations
| Preceding station |  Korail | Following station |
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| Sintan-ri Towards Baengmagoji | Commuter Train (currently suspended) | Sinmang-ri Towards Yeoncheon |