Daejeon Station () is on South Korea's high-speed
KTX railway network, 166.6 km south of
Seoul Station
Seoul Station () is a major railway station in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The station is served by the Korail Intercity Lines and the commuter trains of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway.
Services
KTX
Seoul Station is the terminus of m ...
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History
The station opened on January 1, 1905, in the period of
Korea under Japanese rule
From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan under the name ChÅsen (), the Japanese reading of "Joseon".
Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late 1800s. Both Korea (Joseon) and Japan had been under polic ...
and
KTX trains on the
Gyeongbu Line
The Gyeongbu line (''Gyeongbuseon'') is a railway line in South Korea and is considered to be the most important and one of the oldest in the country. It was constructed in 1905, connecting Seoul with Busan via Suwon, Daejeon, and Daegu. It is ...
began services on April 1, 2004. The station inspired the romantic blues ballad "Daejeon Blues" 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
''Train to Busan'' () is a 2016 South Korean action horror film directed by Yeon Sang-ho, written by Park Joo-suk, and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, and Kim Eui-sung. The film mostly t ...
''.
Services
Daejeon Station serves all
KTX trains on the
Gyeongbu Line
The Gyeongbu line (''Gyeongbuseon'') is a railway line in South Korea and is considered to be the most important and one of the oldest in the country. It was constructed in 1905, connecting Seoul with Busan via Suwon, Daejeon, and Daegu. It is ...
. It also has express services and local services on the normal speed
Gyeongbu Line
The Gyeongbu line (''Gyeongbuseon'') is a railway line in South Korea and is considered to be the most important and one of the oldest in the country. It was constructed in 1905, connecting Seoul with Busan via Suwon, Daejeon, and Daegu. It is ...
. The station is served by the Daejeon Line, a short line connecting Daejeon Station with
Seodaejeon station, and also by the
Daejeon Subway. Underground shopping can be found connected to
Daejeon station.
See also
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Transportation in South Korea
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Korail
The Korea Railroad Corporation () is the national railway operator in South Korea. It is branded as KORAIL () and changed its official Korean name () in November 2019. Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, managed by Ministry of Land, ...
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KTX
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KTX-Sancheon
The KTX-Sancheon (, formerly called the KTX-II) is a South Korean high-speed train built by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail and SR Corporation. With the maximum operational speed of , the KTX-Sancheon is the second commercial high-speed trai ...
References
External links
Korea Train eXpressRoute Map"Daejeon Blues" Song
{{SRT lines and services
Korea Train Express stations
Railway stations in Daejeon
Daejeon Metro stations
Dong District, Daejeon
Railway stations in South Korea opened in 1905