Jichuk Station is a railway station located just northwest of

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on Seoul Subway Line 3. It is within walking distance to

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. Jichuk station has a subway depot for Line 3 trains nearby.

Origin of the name

Jichuk Station is named after the administrative area (dong) that it is located in. The area used to belong to two villages in the

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period. Jijeong-ri produced

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, while Chuk-ri was famous for its bush clover. When the area became united under Goyang-gun, it was named using the first syllables of the two villages.

Station layout

Passengers

References

Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations Railway stations in South Korea opened in 1990 Metro stations in Goyang Seoul Subway Line 3 {{Seoul-metro-station-stub