Yongin Monorail "Athletic Field·Songdam University Station" Renamed to "Yongin Central Market Station"

[Suwon Ilbo=Choi Ki-ho] The Yongin Monorail ‘Athletic Field·Songdam University (Central Market) Station’ has been renamed ‘Yongin Central Market (Yongin University of Arts and Science) Station’.

Yongin Special-Status City announced on the 1st that it changed the station building name of the Yongin Monorail ‘Athletic Field·Songdam University (Central Market) Station’ to ‘Yongin Central Market (Yongin University of Arts and Science) Station’ and replaced station name plates and route maps.

The station building name for the Yongin Monorail ‘Athletic Field·Songdam University (Central Market) Station’ was determined when the Yongin Monorail opened in 2013, reflecting major nearby facilities ‘Yongin General Sports Complex’ and ‘Yongin Songdam University’.

However, the city demolished ‘Yongin General Sports Complex’ and ‘Yongin Songdam University’ also changed its name to ‘Yongin University of Arts and Science’, leading to opinions that the station name needed to be changed due to altered circumstances.

The city developed a plan to change the station name to ‘Yongin Central Market Station’ considering that most passengers using the station visit Yongin Central Market and to reflect the significance of revitalizing the traditional market, and has been following the procedures for the change.

In a public survey conducted in August last year to gather citizens’ opinions, 40.7% of respondents selected ‘Yongin Central Market Station’. Other responses from citizens were ‘Central Market·Yongin Arts and Science University Station’ (16.1%) and ‘Yongin Central Station’ (8.1%) in order.

Based on the survey results, the city deliberated at the Yongin City Naming Committee in January and made a final decision on the new station name as ‘Yongin Central Market (Yongin University of Arts and Science)’.

A city official said, “The Yongin Monorail Athletic Field·Songdam University Station has been reborn as Yongin Central Market (Yongin University of Arts and Science) Station, representing a traditional market of Yongin,” and added, “Since the Yongin Central Market station name will be reflected in all Metropolitan Area subway route maps, we expect it will have a positive effect in raising awareness of Yongin’s identity to citizens in other regions.”