Hangul 망우역 Revised Romanization Mangu-yeok Platforms in use 4 | Hanja 忘憂驛 McCune–Reischauer Mangu-yŏk Opened 1 April 1939 Tracks 6 | |
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Address Sangbong 1(il)-dong, Seoul, South Korea Similar Sangbong Station, Cheongnyangni Station, Guri Station, Deokso Station, Hoegi Station | ||
Mangu Station is a station on the Jungang Line, and the Gyeongchun Line since 21 December 2010. This station is probably most famous for being Seoul's main distribution center of charcoal briquettes in the 1950s and 1960s, extracted and manufactured in southern Gangwon province. These briquettes were widely used by people to weather harsh winters when Korea was a developing country and recovering from the Korean War. It is a station that still predominantly handles freight trains. It is very close to an E-Mart and Costco stores.
Although it is located close to the Sangbong Bus Terminal and Sangbong Station, it has yet to fulfill its potential as a transportation hub. With the electrification and twin-tracking of the Gyeongchun Line, this station is the newly designated western terminus station (however, the Gyeongchun Line operates about 1 km west further till its de facto terminus, Sangbong).