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Siu station

metro station in Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ51275679 ↗
Source-derived summary

Siu station is a station on the Seohae Line in South Korea. It opened on June 16, 2018.

When it opened, it was opened under the name of Wongok station; it received its current name in 2021.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Siu station” is metro station in Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through station, metro and Ansan-si, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2018, 2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, station, metro and Ansan-si is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “metro station in Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, 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.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q51275679. Authority coordinates are 37.313, 126.796. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2018 and 2021.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. 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.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Siu station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Siu station primary sources, Siu station archive and station research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Siu station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Siu 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.