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Gyeongui Line Forest Park

Urban · Mapo-gu

About this place

Gyeongui Line Forest Park is a 6.3-kilometre linear park laid out where the Gyeongui rail line used to run before it was put underground, crossing the city from Yeonnam-dong in Mapo-gu through to Yongsan-gu. The Daeheung-dong section opened first in March 2012, and the Yeomni-dong, Saechanggogae, Yeonnam-dong, Wonhyo-ro, Sinsu-dong and Wau-gyo sections followed until the whole route was finished in 2016. The surface has become greenery and footpaths, but the Gyeongui-Jungang Line and the Airport Railroad still run directly beneath it. The best-known stretch is the Yeonnam-dong section, about 1.2 kilometres and a 35-minute walk from Yeonnam Intersection to Hongik University Station, nicknamed "Yeontral Park" after Central Park, where a lawn, a row of ginkgo trees and an 860-metre watercourse recreating the old Segyocheon stream run between rows of cafes and restaurants. The Wau-gyo section by Hongdae preserves the level crossing that locals called Ttaengttaeng-geori in the days when trains still passed, and the Sinsu, Daeheung and Yeomni-dong section has cherry blossom and a metasequoia avenue.

Good to know

Address: 133 Donggyo-ro 51-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Hours: Always open
This is a linear park with no gates and no ticket office, so it can be walked free of charge at any hour of any day, and the city sets neither opening hours nor a closing day. No section has its own car park, so public transport is the way in. Only two things are time-bound. Busking is allowed solely between 11:00 and 20:00 daily, along the 200m or so from Exit 3 of Hongik University Station to the Yeonnam police box; and filming requires prior arrangement, is confined to weekdays 08:00-21:00, and is banned outright between Exit 3 and the Yeonnam-dong police box junction. Park office +82-2-719-8830.

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