Daejeon Station

Coordinates: 36°19′54.82″N 127°26′4.28″E / 36.3318944°N 127.4345222°E / 36.3318944; 127.4345222
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

For Daejeon Metro, see Daejeon station (Daejeon Metro).
Not to be confused with Daejeo station.
대전
Daejeon
Korean name
Hangul
대전역
Hanja
大田驛
Revised RomanizationDaejeon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerTaechŏn-yŏk
General information
Location215 Jungang-ro, Dong District, Daejeon
Line(s)Gyeongbu Line
KTX Gyeongbu high-speed railway
Platforms6
Tracks13
Connections Metro station
Construction
Structure typeAboveground/Straight
History
OpenedJanuary 1, 1905
Passengers
(Daily) Based on January–June 2011.
KR: 44,913[1]
Services
Preceding station Following station
Haengsin
Gyeongbu KTX 		Gimcheon (Gumi)
towards Busan

Daejeon Station is on

KTX railway network, 166.6 km south of Seoul Station
.

History

The station opened on January 1, 1905, in the period of

Gyeongbu Line began services on April 1, 2004. The station inspired the romantic blues ballad "Daejeon Blues"[2] that has been preferred by musicians throughout Asia and has become a Korean classic. The melody of the song is played on the speakers of the subway trains upon arriving at Daejeon Station. The station was used for the 2016 film Train to Busan.[3]

Services

Daejeon Station serves all

Daejeon Subway. Underground shopping can be found connected to Daejeon station
.

See also

References

36°19′54.82″N 127°26′4.28″E / 36.3318944°N 127.4345222°E / 36.3318944; 127.4345222

  1. ^ Passenger Transportation Result of Korea Railway (O/D)[permanent dead link]. Korea Transportation Database, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  2. ISSN 1016-0744
    . Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  3. ^ "Train to Busan filming locations — MovieMaps".

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daejeon Station.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daejeon_Station&oldid=1219863877"