Sosa station
Metro station in Bucheon, South Korea
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Sosa Station (Korean: 소사역; Hanja: 素砂驛; RR: Sosa-yeok) is a station on Seoul Subway Line 1 and Seohae Line in Bucheon City, west of Seoul.
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| Hangul | 소사역 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Sosa-yeok | |||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Sosa-yŏk | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 51 Sosabon 2-dong, 272 Sosaro, Sosa-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°28′58″N 126°47′44″E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Korail SEO HAE RAIL CO.,LTD. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Gyeongin Line | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Aboveground/Underground | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 30, 1997 ( )[1][2]June 16, 2018 (  ) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| (Daily) Based on Jan–Dec of 2012. Line 1: 32,222[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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History
The station was opened in 1997.[1][2]
In the future, Sosa is planned to serve several new metro lines; Seohae Line, starting at Wonsi Port (in Ansan City) in the south, through Siheung City,[4] as well as Sosa–Daegok Line going north through Bucheon, Gimpo, and Goyang.[5][6] These lines would allow connections from Sosa to Line 4 in Ansan, the Sin-Ansan line, Line 1 (at Sosa), Line 7 (in Bucheon), Lines 5 and 9 and AREX (at Gimpo Airport), and Line 3 and the Gyeongui Line (at Daegok Station near Ilsan).
Surroundings
Seoul Theological University is nearby. Bucheon Bow Museum is located. It provides opportunities for children to experience precious traditional culture by touching and creating bow and arrowheads that were only seen in books.[7]
