Iksan Station

Infobox SMS station

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caption=
hangul=익산역
hanja=益山驛
rr=Iksan yeok
mr=Iksan yŏk
line1=
otherlines=Honam Line
Honam Line (KTX)
Jeolla Line
Gunsan Line
type=Aboveground/Straight
operator=Korail
opened=January 1, 1915
address=1 Changin Dong 2 Ga, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do

Iksan Station is on South Korea's high-speed KTX railway network, 243km south of Yongsan Station.

History

The station opened on January 1, 1915 and KTX trains on the Honam Line began services on April 1, 2004. The most notable incident to occur at this station, however, was an explosion which occurred at 9.15 p.m. on November 11, 1977. The explosion occurred as dynamite being transported from Incheon to Gwangju caught alight. The station was then known as "Iri Station" (이리역), Iri being Iksan's former name.

ervices

Iksan Station serves KTX trains on the Honam Line. It also has express services and local services on the normal speed Honam Line. Trains on the Jeolla and Gunsan Lines also call at this station.

ee also

*List of Korea-related topics
*Transportation in South Korea
*Korail
*KTX

External links

* [http://ktx.korail.go.kr/eng/index.html Korea Train eXpress]
* [http://ktx.korail.go.kr/eng/flash/map.swf Route Map]
* [http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%AD_%ED%8F%AD%EB%B0%9C_%EC%82%AC%EA%B3%A0 Korean Wikipedia page on explosion]