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Oido Station is the current southwestern terminus
Terminus

Terminus is a Latin word that literally means boundary marker but can refer to:*Train station#Terminus, a train station acting as an end destination...
 of the Seoul Subway Line 4
Seoul Subway Line 4

Seoul Subway Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a long line crossing from the southwest to the northeast across the Seoul National Capital Area....
. Located almost 30 kilometers southwest of Seoul
Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
, it takes over an hour by commuter rail between this station and Seoul Station
Seoul Station

Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. The station is served by the Gyeongbu Line, its Gyeongbu Line and the Gyeongui Line, with frequent KTX, express, and local services to various points in South Korea....
. A train servicing depot is located nearby.

This station, along with Jeongwang Station
Jeongwang Station

Jeongwang Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 4. Its secondary station name is Korea Polytechnic University.This station has a significantly higher ridership compared to neighboring Oido Station....
 to the southeast, serves the Sihwa Industrial District of southwestern Siheung
Siheung

Siheung is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.In the early Three Kingdoms of Korea, the Siheung area was part of the Baekje kingdom....
.


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Suin Line & Future Plans
The narrow-gauge Suin Line
Suin Line

The Suin Line is a former narrow-gauge railway line in South Korea. The line connected Suwon on the Gyeongbu Line to Incheon on the Gyeongin Line....
, which served as a means of transporting freight between Suwon
Suwon

Suwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately 30 kilometres south of Seoul and is one of the most populous of Seoul's satellite cities....
 and Incheon
Incheon

Incheon is a Special cities of Korea and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul.Human settlement at the location goes back to the Neolithic....
, was abandoned in 1995.






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Oido Station is the current southwestern terminus
Terminus

Terminus is a Latin word that literally means boundary marker but can refer to:*Train station#Terminus, a train station acting as an end destination...
 of the Seoul Subway Line 4
Seoul Subway Line 4

Seoul Subway Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a long line crossing from the southwest to the northeast across the Seoul National Capital Area....
. Located almost 30 kilometers southwest of Seoul
Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
, it takes over an hour by commuter rail between this station and Seoul Station
Seoul Station

Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. The station is served by the Gyeongbu Line, its Gyeongbu Line and the Gyeongui Line, with frequent KTX, express, and local services to various points in South Korea....
. A train servicing depot is located nearby.

This station, along with Jeongwang Station
Jeongwang Station

Jeongwang Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 4. Its secondary station name is Korea Polytechnic University.This station has a significantly higher ridership compared to neighboring Oido Station....
 to the southeast, serves the Sihwa Industrial District of southwestern Siheung
Siheung

Siheung is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.In the early Three Kingdoms of Korea, the Siheung area was part of the Baekje kingdom....
.

Vicinity

  • Exit 1 : Sihwa District
  • Exit 2 : Hamhyeon Middle
    Middle school

    Middle school or junior high school serves as a "bridge" between elementary school and high school. The terms can be used in different ways in different countries, sometimes interchangeably....
     & High
    High school

    High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
     Schools
  • Exit 3 : (No service; closed at 11:30 PM)


Ridership




Suin Line & Future Plans


The narrow-gauge Suin Line
Suin Line

The Suin Line is a former narrow-gauge railway line in South Korea. The line connected Suwon on the Gyeongbu Line to Incheon on the Gyeongin Line....
, which served as a means of transporting freight between Suwon
Suwon

Suwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately 30 kilometres south of Seoul and is one of the most populous of Seoul's satellite cities....
 and Incheon
Incheon

Incheon is a Special cities of Korea and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul.Human settlement at the location goes back to the Neolithic....
, was abandoned in 1995. Oido Station is the northwestern terminus of the section of the Suin Line that is still in use today; the southeastern terminus is Hanyang University at Ansan Station
Hanyang University at Ansan Station

Hanyang University at Ansan Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 4. Although it is named after the Ansan campus of Hanyang University, the distance between the station and the school is actually almost 2 km....
.

However, with the recent population boom in southern Gyeonggi province, the line is being relaid as a standard gauge
Standard gauge

The standard gauge is a widely-used rail gauge. Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge . The distance between the inside edges of the rails of standard gauge track is ....
 railroad for commuter rail. The commuter rail is being opened over the course of a few stages. The first stage will incorporate an extension of Line 4 into southern Incheon, and will transfer with the Incheon Subway Line 1
Incheon Subway Line 1

Incheon Subway Line 1 is a Subway line, part of Incheon Subway.Trial runs on Line 1, a 23 km north-south route, started in March 1999. After six years of construction it opened for regular service on 6 October 1999 as the fourth subway system in South Korea after Seoul, Busan and Daegu....
 at Woninjae Station
Woninjae Station

Woninjae Station is a subway station on Incheon Subway Line 1 of the Incheon Subway....
.

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See also

  • Suin Line
    Suin Line

    The Suin Line is a former narrow-gauge railway line in South Korea. The line connected Suwon on the Gyeongbu Line to Incheon on the Gyeongin Line....