Busan Jaesongdong Centum J

Donghae Line Metropolitan Subway K118. Located at 210 Haeundae-ro (Jaesong-dong), Haeundae-gu, Busan. The original name of the station was Suyeong Station, but it was renamed Centum Station upon the opening of the Donghae Line metropolitan subway on December 30, 2016. Centum Station is not yet well known, so if you look for 'Centum Station' when taking a taxi or asking for the location, it is highly likely that you will be directed to 'Centum City Station' on Line 2, so be careful. This is because even before Centum Station was built, Centum City Station was commonly abbreviated to Centum Station. However, even though it is called Suyeong Station in its old name, most people think of it as Suyeong Station on the urban railway. Both stations are quite far from Centum Station. When taking a taxi or asking for the location, it is most certain to say Centum Train Station. In the end, it actually became a duplicate station name (...). From the time of design, the station was built on the premise of stopping at Mugunghwa, Donghae Line, and Jungang Line KTX, so the station is long. The old station was located at 1215-33 U-dong, Haeundae-gu, but the new station was built by moving it to the entrance to Beonyeong-ro in the northeast of Centum City, about 1.5km north of the old station. At the site of the now demolished old station, there is BEXCO Station, a transfer station with Busan Metro Line 2. In mid-February 2015, a notice was posted regarding the station name contest. From April 10 to April 30, 2015, a survey was conducted among railway users at Shinhaeundae Station regarding the station name. Centum Station, Cultural Complex Center Station, and Busan Cinema Center Station were candidates. Source Ultimately, the change of station name from Suyeong Station to Centum Station was confirmed in February 2016. This is the second station name in the country made up of numbers only, following Guil Station, and this is because Centum itself is a word meaning 100 (hundred). Meanwhile, at Shinsegae Department Store, Centum is used as a bird lantern by tuning fork. Source: It is the only foreign language station name along with Yeosu Expo Station for regular trains. Controversy arose when the Chinese translation name was written as Korea Tourism Organization (韩国旅游发展局), and the Korea Railroad Corporation said it planned to correct the erroneous translation name. After the article, the problematic notation was deleted. After moving to the new station, the Suyeong station station nameboard was installed in the form of a plastic panel rather than an electronic display board. This is believed to be to save on the cost of facility replacement when changing the station name. In July 2016, the Centum Station pole sign was erected outside the station, but the front still pointed to Suyeong Station. In November 2016, due to a strike at the Korea Railroad Corporation, the scheduled opening of the metropolitan subway was postponed, and Polsign's Centum Station was renamed to Suyeong Station. However, a new Centum Station station name plate was installed on the existing Suyeong Station station name plate and covered with a screen. After the opening of the metropolitan subway on December 30, it was completely revised to Centum Station. While Centum City Station on Busan Metro Line 2 is located in the U-dong area in the southern area with Shinsegae Department Store, Lotte Department Store, BEXCO, and Trump World Centum Ⅰ, this station is located in a part of Jaesong-dong in the northern area of ​​Centum City. The Sharp Centum Star, The Sharp Centum Park, Centum Elementary, Middle and High School, and Far East Broadcasting Station are nearby, and apartment complexes such as The Sharp Centum Nuri and Dongbu Centerville are also adjacent. Previously, Centum City Station was in fact in the southern part of Centum City, so residents of Centum Park/Centum Star, the northern part of Centum City, who did not benefit from the urban railway, and workers at businesses and commercial facilities in the area often use this station. If you cross the Suyeong River using Jwasuyeong Bridge, you can go to Mangmi 2-dong and Suyeong-dong residential areas in Suyeong-gu. You can get to Mangmi 2-dong by taking No. 115, and Suyeong-dong can be reached by taking Haeundae No. 3. If you walk about 1.3km from this station, you will reach BEXCO. If you take the Donghae Line Mugunghwa from Gyeongju or Ulsan and get off at this station, you can walk to BEXCO without having to transfer to the Donghae Line subway and save on subway fares. Especially when there is a big event at BEXCO, BEXCO Station and Centum City Station are quite crowded, so if you took the Donghae Line Mugunghwa, you should walk here to save on subway fares and ease congestion at the same time. If walking is burdensome, another option is to take the bus.