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Train runs with the dream of unification

The last station in the South and the first station en route to the North, Dorasan Station on Gyeongui Line is Korea’s only international station that borders North Korea, just 100 m away from the Civilian Control Line.




Construction of the station was completed in 2002 as a part of the Gyeongui Line Restoration Project, which began in 2000, and the 4-km section to Imjingang Station was connected in the south.




George W. Bush, the former president of the United States at the time, and President Kim Dae-jung both signed on railroad ties at Dorasan Station with a desire for unification on the Korean Peninsula.


There are two ways to travel to Dorasan Station;




the first is to get on a Gyeongui Line DMZ Train that starts from Yongsan Station and the other is to participate in the DMZ Security Tour at Imjingak. DMZ Train, the Peace Train operated by KORAIL, includes Dorasan Security Tour. It leaves Yongsan Station twice a day, and it offers an all-in-one tour package that includes Imjingang Station, Dorasan Peace Park, Dora Observatory and the 3rd Tunnel. The second method is to get on a tour bus to take a drive around the Civilian Control Line area. It has attracted many visitors thanks to increased interests in security tours these days.




The platform at Dorasan Station remains quiet except during arrivals of Peace Train. It is especially quiet because there is no train or person on the opposite platform where trains from the North are supposed to make a stop. Standing on a silent platform, I imagine a crowded station that welcomes a seemingly endless series of trains and experiences a great volume of human traffic while, at the same time, dreaming of the day on which a train that arrives at Dorasan Station continues to make its way up north and, ultimately, to Europe.,



Written and photos by Park Hee-eun



Website letskorail.com

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  • Dorasan Station

    Address/ 307, Huimang-ro Jangdan-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do

    Contact/ 1544-7788

    Admission/ 1,000 KRW

    Website/ letskorail.com

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