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Soyosan Station (Station 100) is a ground-level metro station on Line 1
Seoul Subway Line 1

Seoul Subway Line 1-of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, aka Korea Nat'l Railroad-of Seoul Metropolitan Subway is an operation service system which links central Seoul, South Korea to Soyosan Station in the northeast, Incheon in the southwest, and Sinchang via Suwon in the south....
 of the Seoul Subway
Seoul Metropolitan Subway

The Seoul Metropolitan Subway, in Seoul, South Korea, is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world, with well over 8 million trips daily on the system's ten lines ....
 in Sangbongam Dong, Dongducheon
Dongducheon

Dongducheon is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.The city located in the north of Seoul is strategically important for the defence of the Korean capital.The main camps of the US Second Infantry Division are located in the city with the division command at Uijeongbu City....
, South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
. It is named after the nearby Soyosan (587m
Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
), a mountain beside the U.S. Army
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
 base Camp Casey
Camp Casey, South Korea

Camp Casey is an American military camp in Dongducheon , South Korea, 40 miles north of Seoul, South Korea. Camp Casey was named in 1952 after Major_ Hugh Boyd Casey, who was killed in an airplane crash near Camp Casey during the Korean War....
. It is on this mountain, at the Jajae'am Hermitage, that the Buddhist
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 Saint Wonhyo
Wonhyo

Wonhyo was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition.Essence-Function , a key concept is Southeast Asian Buddhism and particularly that of Korean Buddhism, was refined in the syncretic philosophy and worldview of Wonhyo....
 is said to have reached enlightenment.

station opened for business on January 11, 1976 and the station building was completed on September 21, 1982.






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Soyosan Station (Station 100) is a ground-level metro station on Line 1
Seoul Subway Line 1

Seoul Subway Line 1-of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, aka Korea Nat'l Railroad-of Seoul Metropolitan Subway is an operation service system which links central Seoul, South Korea to Soyosan Station in the northeast, Incheon in the southwest, and Sinchang via Suwon in the south....
 of the Seoul Subway
Seoul Metropolitan Subway

The Seoul Metropolitan Subway, in Seoul, South Korea, is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world, with well over 8 million trips daily on the system's ten lines ....
 in Sangbongam Dong, Dongducheon
Dongducheon

Dongducheon is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.The city located in the north of Seoul is strategically important for the defence of the Korean capital.The main camps of the US Second Infantry Division are located in the city with the division command at Uijeongbu City....
, South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
. It is named after the nearby Soyosan (587m
Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
), a mountain beside the U.S. Army
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
 base Camp Casey
Camp Casey, South Korea

Camp Casey is an American military camp in Dongducheon , South Korea, 40 miles north of Seoul, South Korea. Camp Casey was named in 1952 after Major_ Hugh Boyd Casey, who was killed in an airplane crash near Camp Casey during the Korean War....
. It is on this mountain, at the Jajae'am Hermitage, that the Buddhist
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 Saint Wonhyo
Wonhyo

Wonhyo was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition.Essence-Function , a key concept is Southeast Asian Buddhism and particularly that of Korean Buddhism, was refined in the syncretic philosophy and worldview of Wonhyo....
 is said to have reached enlightenment.

History

The station opened for business on January 11, 1976 and the station building was completed on September 21, 1982. This building was closed twenty-four years later, on May 7, 2006 and a temporary building erected in its place. Meanwhile, Line 1
Seoul Subway Line 1

Seoul Subway Line 1-of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, aka Korea Nat'l Railroad-of Seoul Metropolitan Subway is an operation service system which links central Seoul, South Korea to Soyosan Station in the northeast, Incheon in the southwest, and Sinchang via Suwon in the south....
 of the Seoul Subway
Seoul Metropolitan Subway

The Seoul Metropolitan Subway, in Seoul, South Korea, is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world, with well over 8 million trips daily on the system's ten lines ....
 was being extended north through the city of Dongducheon
Dongducheon

Dongducheon is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.The city located in the north of Seoul is strategically important for the defence of the Korean capital.The main camps of the US Second Infantry Division are located in the city with the division command at Uijeongbu City....
, and Soyosan became its northern terminus, with a new station building completed, on December 15, 2006.

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