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Uiwang Station
Hangul
의왕역
Hanja
義王驛
Revised RomanizationUiwang Yeok
McCune–ReischauerUiwang Yŏk

Uiwang Station (Station P151) is a ground-level metro station on line 1 of the Seoul Subway in Uiwang, South Korea. The station's four exits offer access to the Korean Railroad College, the Korean Railroad Museum and the Bugok Dong area of Uiwang. Travel time from Uiwang Station to Seoul Station on Line 1 is 50 minutes.

==Disambiguation]] Note that "Uiwang Station" is also the former name of what is now known as Obong Station. The two are separate entities.

History

Uiwang Station opened on January 1, 1905, under the name of Bugok Station (부곡역/富谷驛), a name taken from the "dong" in which it is located. Trains on the Seoul Subway began calling at the station on August 15, 1974. The current station building was completed on February 17, 2002. On June 25, 2004, the station changed its name to Uiwang and almost three years later, on February 20, 2007, the hanja name changed from 儀旺驛 to 義王驛.

Services

The first train of the day weekdays (not including national holidays) is at 5.22 a.m. northbound and 5.29 a.m. southbound, while the last is at 12.01 a.m. northbound and 12.14 a.m. southbound. Northbound trains have various destinations. Some terminate at Guro, others at Seoul Station, some at Dongmyo, others at Cheongnyangni, while some continue as far as Seongbuk. None, however, continue beyond Seongbuk, so if travel beyond is required, it is necessary to change trains. Some southbound trains terminate at Byeongjeom, while the remainder continue to Cheonan.

Contact Information

Address (Korean) 경기도 의왕시 삼동 191
(Romanised) 191 Sam Dong, Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do
Telephone (Uiwang) 461 3263
(Domestic) 031 461 3263
(International) 00 82 31 461 3263
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