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K121 망우
Mangu
Korean name
Hangul망우역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMangu-yeok
McCune–ReischauerMangu-yŏk
General information
Location172-3 Sangbong-dong,
11-10 Manguro 55 gil,
Jungnang-gu, Seoul
Coordinates37°35′57″N 127°05′32″E / 37.59920°N 127.09235°E / 37.59920; 127.09235
Operated byKorail Korail
Line(s)     Gyeongui–Jungang Line
     Gyeongchun Line
Platforms4
Tracks6
ConnectionsSangbong Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
History
OpenedApril 1, 1940
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Sangbongtowards Cheongnyangni or Kwangwoon University Gyeongchun LineSome trains Sinnaetowards Chuncheon
SangbongTerminus Gyeongchun LineMost trains
Sangbongtowards Munsan Gyeongui–Jungang Line Yangwontowards Jipyeong
Gyeongui–Jungang LineGyeongui Express Yangwontowards Yongmun

Mangu Station is a station on the Gyeongui–Jungang Line, and the Gyeongchun Line since 21 December 2010. The station was 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).

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Seoul Metropolitan Subway
Gyeongui–Jungang Line
Gyeongui Line
Yongsan Line
Gyeongwon Line
Jungang Line
Gyeongchun Line
Mangu Line
Jungang Line
Gyeongchun Line
Gyeongchun Line
ITX-Cheongchun
former line


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