Busan station
Train station in Dong-gu, Busan, South Korea
Busan station (Korean: 부산역) is a train station in Busan, South Korea. It is the southern terminus of the Gyeongbu Line and the Gyeongbu high-speed railway, the most important railway lines in the country which links Busan with Seoul. Essentially all trains to Seoul stop in a few settlements between the two cities. It includes an underground station on Busan Metro Line 1, located between Jungang and Choryang stations. The station is located in the center of Choryang-dong (neighborhood) in Dong-gu, Busan.
Description
Construction of the new KTX Busan terminal began in 2001 and was completed in 2003. The new station covers 24,646 square meters (265,290 square feet) and it is equipped with up-to-date automatic ticket vending machines, 11 elevators, 10 escalators, PC area, waiting and vending areas. Western shop franchises in the station include a Tom&Tom's, a Subway, and a Weeny Beenie.
The convex front of the structure is made of glass and the station is considered an architecturally significant building.
The main entrance opens up to a large park-like area surrounding the front of the station to the west.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Busan station” is train station in Dong-gu, Busan, South Korea. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Busan, station and Train, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “train station in Dong-gu, Busan, South Korea” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q53118. Authority coordinates are 35.115, 129.042. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2001 and 2003.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Busan station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.