The Old Downtown and Its Neighbouring Areas: Old Places in New Sejong
A Link-up to Sejong
Sejong borders Cheonan, Cheongju, Gongju, and Daejeon. Osong Station, the main traffic circulation point from Sejong to other cities across the country, and part of the Gyeongbu Line (Seoul – Busan), belongs to Cheongju in terms of designated administrative districts. Osong is a transportation hub that is repeatedly visited by those who live in Sejong. The planned Seoul-Sejong Expressway will pass through Gongju to Janggun-myeon of Sejong, and Sejong Station is now unlikely to be built due to opposition from adjacent cities.
To get to Sejong, people usually take the express train to Osong Station or the express bus to Sejong Terminal, but they often use the Saemaul or Mugunghwa Trains that stop at Jochiwon Station. One may wonder who will take the slow train in an era in which high-speed trains have become so popular, but many still prefer the old Jochiwon Station. Thankfully, Saemaul and Mugunghwa Trains at Jochiwon Station, which still survive today, have their own unique characteristics. When talking about Sejong, the story of Jochiwon should not be forgotten. This series illuminates Sejong’s historic living environments, a place now regarded as entirely new, and asks some questions about the city’s relationship to balance, time and change.
A balanced development of land stated in the constitution was the main background to the creation of Sejong. ▼1 The national goal of cultivating a balanced national land, however, ironically causes a relative imbalance in the
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