Sema station
Metro station in Osan, South Korea
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Sema station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 1 in the city of Osan, South Korea. Services on the Gyeongbu Line also pass through this station.
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| Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 세마역 | ||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Sema-yeok | ||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Sema-yŏk | ||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | 225 Sema-dong, 88 Semayeongno, Osan-si, Gyeonggi-do[1][2] | ||||||
| Operated by | Korail | ||||||
| Line | Line 1 | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | Aboveground | ||||||
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| December 27, 2005[2][1] | Line 1 opened | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 4,324[3] | |||||||
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History
In September 1997 the station was planned to be built with Korail and the city government of Osan sharing 50-50 of the construction cost, but in 1999 Korail decided to cancel the project due to budget constraints, causing residents and students from nearby universities, such as Hanshin University, to protest.[4] After evaluating it to be economically feasible, construction resumed.[5] It was originally scheduled to open in 2002, but conflict over project costs and land ownership further delayed its date.[6] Finally in 2005 it began operations.
