Namgwangju station

Metro station in Gwangju, South Korea

Namgwangju

Korean name

Hangul

남광주역

Hanja

南光州驛

Revised Romanization

Namgwangjuyeok

McCune–Reischauer

Namkwangjuyŏk

General information

Location

Hak-dong, Gwangju
South Korea

Coordinates

Preceding station	Gwangju Metro			Following station
Hakdong–Jeungsimsa towards Nokdong		Line 1		Culture Complex towards Pyeongdong

Namgwangju station ("South Gwangju station") is a station on Gwangju Metro Line 1, located at Hak-dong 994 in Dong-gu, Gwangju, South Korea. It opened for service on April 28, 2004.

It lies at the site of the former Korail Namgwangju station, which had opened as Singwangju station in 1936 and been renamed Namgwangju in 1938. That station was closed in 2000 as part of the realignment of the Gyeongjeon Line.^[1]

Neighborhood

Namgwangju is historically a transportation hub and the gateway to southern Gwangju and Hwasun-gun (county), including the routes to Jeungsimsa Temple and Mudeungsan. The station serves the commercial district surrounding the South Gwangju General Market (Namgwangju Market), which opened in 1975 to serve the Yeosu, Boseong, and Jangheung areas.^[1]

Traffic in this area tends to be jammed during rush hours as educational institutions, including Jeonnam Medical School, Chosun University, and Chosun College of Nursing; and governmental and public offices such as the Military Manpower Administration and the Dong-gu government office; are clustered around this station.^[1]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits
L1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control
L2 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← Line 1 toward Nokdong (Hakdong·Jeungsimsa)
	Northbound	→ Line 1 toward Pyeongdong (Culture Complex) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right