Osong station


Osong station is a train station on the Honam and Gyeongbu high-speed railways in Cheongju City, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It is located at the intersection of the Gyeongbu KTX high-speed rail line, the conventional Chungbuk Line and, since April 2015, the Honam high-speed railway. KTX trains began calling there from November 1, 2010, bringing high-speed rail service to the nearby city of Cheongju.
Not all KTX trains call at Osong; only a select number of trains per day in each direction stop there.
While not directly attached to the station, there is a KTX test track that connects with the lines just north of the station. The facility is named 철도종합시험선로 and was expanded in 2019.

Criticism

The original plan of Gyeongbu high-speed railway was not planned to build a station in North Chungcheong Province. The railway was also planned to be built across Sejong City instead of Cheongju. After the initial plan revealed, residents of Cheongju insisted to build Gyeongbu HSR across Cheongju and build a station there, also threatening Korean Government that they would blow up the HSR if they won’t build Osong station.