Jeonju Station
Railway station in South Korea
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Jeonju Station (Korean: 전주역; Hanja: 全州驛) is a railway station of Jeolla Line, located in Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, South Korea. KTX, ITX-Saemaeul, Mugunghwa-ho, S-Train stops at this station. Jeonju Station's feature is station built as Hanok style.[3]
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 전주역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 全州驛 | ||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Jeonju-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏnju-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Dongbu-daero 680, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, North Jeolla[1][2] South Korea | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Korail | ||||||||||
| Line | Jeolla Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 17, 1914 | ||||||||||
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Timeline
| Date | Content |
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| November 17, 1914 | Operation started as ordinary station at Sangsaeng-ri, Idong-myeon, Jeonju-gun, North Jeolla[4][1][2] |
| January 16, 1915 | Rebuilt the station building[2] |
| October 1, 1928 | Railroad Bureau of Governor-General of Korea bought the station[2] |
| September 20, 1929 | Rebuild and Relocated the station to Nosong-ri, Idong-myeon, Jeonju-gun[2] |
| January 11, 1930 | Improved the gauge to standard gauge at section of Iri ~ Jeonju[2] |
| April 1, 1972 | Transferred from Daejeon Railroad bureau to Suncheon Railroad bureau[2] |
| March 23, 1978 | Rebuild and Relocated the station to present location, because of transfer of Jeolla Line's Jeonju section[2] Built the underground platform passageway[2] |
| May 25, 1981 | Started new station building construction[2] |
| May 1, 1993 | Paid rest area operation started[5][2] |
| July 1, 1995 | Paid rest area closed[6][2] |
| May 1, 2006 | Small Cargo carrying stopped[2] |
| November 1, 2008 | Cargo transportation stopped[7][2] |
| October 5, 2011 | Double-track opened, and KTX began to stop[8] |
| December 13, 2013 | S-Train began to stop |
| June 1, 2014 | ITX-Saemaeul began to stop |
Platform
Station have 3 platforms, 5 tracks, operating as binary side platform.
| ↑ Samnye |
| | 1 | | 23 | | 45 | | | | | | |
| Imsil ↓ |
| 1 | Unused | Platform closed | |
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| 2·3 | Jeolla Line | For Haengsin · Incheon Int'l Airport · Yongsan · Yeongdeungpo · Anyang · Suwon · Pyeongtaek · Cheonan | |
| 4·5 | For Namwon · Suncheon · Gokseong · Guryegu · Yeosu Expo |