Singiloncheon station

신길온천
Singiloncheon
신길온천
Singiloncheon
Korean name
Hangul
신길온천역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSingiloncheon-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSingilonchŏn-yŏk
General information
Location216-2 Singil-dong,
2 Hwanggogaero, Danwon-gu,
Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do[1]
Operated byKorail
Line(s)     Line 4
     Suin–Bundang Line
Platforms2
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
Key dates
July 28, 2000[1]     Line 4 opened
September 12, 2020     Suin–Bundang Line opened

Singiloncheon Station (Korean: 신길온천역, romanizedSingiloncheon-yeok) is a railway station on Seoul Subway Line 4 and the Suin–Bundang Line in Ansan, Korea.

As hot springs were expected to be developed at the time of the station's opening, the station was opened as Singiloncheon station (신길온천역, 新吉溫泉驛, meaning Singil Hot Spring).[2] However, the station was renamed on January 20, 2021, due to the lack of development of hot springs around the station. But the actual station name "Singiloncheon", was not modified around the station, on the announcements and route maps due to protests supporting hot springs to be built around the station. So it is technically "Singiloncheon" until KORAIL actually renames the station.[3]

  1. ^ a b "신길온천역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  2. ^ "Singiloncheon Station". 서울지명사전 (in Korean).
  3. ^ "온천 없는 온천역... 안산 '신길온천역', '능길역'으로 변경" (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-02-07.