Ulsan Station

**울산 (통도사)**
Ulsan
(Tongdosa)
	울산 (통도사); Ulsan; (Tongdosa)
Korean name
Hangul	울산역
Hanja	蔚山驛
Revised Romanization	Ulsan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Ulsan yŏk
General information
Location	177, Ulsanyeok-ro, ; Samnam-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan; Republic of Korea
Operated by	Korail Busan-Gyeongnam Regional HQ
Line(s)	Gyeongbu High Speed Railway
Platforms	2
History
Opened	November 1, 2010
Passengers
2013.04	12732 per day 9.8%
Services

Ulsan Station (Tongdosa) is a South Korean high-speed rail station located in Samnam-eup, Ulju-gun. It is on Gyeongbu High Speed Railway and named Ulsan Station with subname Tongdosa, which is located in Yangsan, nearer than downtown Ulsan from the station. The existing Ulsan Station in Samsan-Dong, Nam-gu has been renamed to Taehwagang station.^[2]

History edit

The Ulsan Station had not planned for second phase of Gyeongbu HSR, although Ulsan is one of the metropolitan cities. But with constant civil petitions, President Roh Moo-hyun appealed positive reaction,^[3] and the station was added to the plan from November 14, 2003. In result, it became the most successful case of second phase of Gyeongbu HSR.^{[citation needed]}

Subname dispute edit

Ulsan station, waiting room

The subname of Ulsan Station is Tongdosa, the temple located in Yangsan, not Ulsan. Some Christians^[who?] didn't agree with the subname, arguing that it is a religious problem. But the Korail made a vote, resulted 7 of 9 committee agreed with the 'Tongdosa' subname.^{[citation needed]} Nonetheless, the subname had not been displayed in the station until 2012.

Station layout edit

↑ Gyeongju

２ |　| |　| １

Busan ↓

Platform No.	Line	Train	Destination
1	Gyeongbu HSR	KTX	For Busan
2	Gyeongbu HSR	KTX	For Dongdaegu·Osong·Daejeon·Seoul

References edit

External links edit

[1] "KTX울산역 이용객 총 1천만명 돌파…직접편익 1천억".

[2] "KTX '울산역(통도사)' 이름 확정, '불씨'는 남아".

[3] "盧, "고속철 울산역 경유해야"".

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