Gangdong station
train station in South Korea
Gangdong station (Korean: 강동역; lit. 'river east station') is a station on Seoul Subway Line 5. The line branches off to the northeast and the southeast at this point, with Gil-dong station to the northeast and Dunchon-dong station to the southeast. Cheonho station precedes it on the west.
History
November 15, 1995: Business began with the opening of the section between Wangsimni station and Sangil-dong station on Seoul Subway Line 5.
March 30, 1996: It became a transfer station with the opening of the Gangdong station to Macheon station section of Line 5's Macheonji line.
August 1, 2016: Bugi station name changed to Gangdong Sacred Heart Hospital.
August 2019: Bugi station name deleted due to expiration of contract period.
Station structure
It is an underground station with a 2-sided, 3-track platform, and the first side, 2 tracks, are used by trains bound for Banghwa, and the remaining side, 1 track, facing the Banghwa-bound island platform, is used by trains bound for Hanam Geomdansan, Sangil-dong, and Macheon on Line 5. In the case of the down train, the trains bound for Hanam Geomdansan and Sangil-dong and the train bound for Macheon enter alternately on the same track, so you must check the destination again before boarding.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Gangdong station” is train station in South Korea. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Gangdong, station and train, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “train station in 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.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q490969. Authority coordinates are 37.536, 127.132. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1995, 1996, 2016 and 2019.
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This entry incorporates text from “Gangdong 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.