The old Gyeongui Line Book Street strip by Hongik University station exit 6, refitted by Mapo-gu in 2024 as booths for local makers with a small Red Road gallery.
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레드로드 발전소 (re·deu·ro·deu bal·jeon·so) is the 250 m of old railway between Hongik University station exit 6 and the Wau bridge, the strip that was the Gyeongui Line Book Street from October 2016 until its last four booth operators were sent off on 30 June 2023. Mapo-gu reopened it on 1 May 2024 under the new name, a power station for its Red Road project: the train-shaped booths were refitted for Red Road Makers, local artists and craftspeople picked by the district, who work in them and put on exhibitions, hands-on sessions and festivals. The district runs the place itself now rather than through a contractor.
Since 7 October 2024 the strip has also had a Red Road information room and gallery, with photographs of how the street changed and a graffiti wall visitors can use. The makers' booths, white with orange trim, stand along the path with the park's trees between them.
Come out of exit 6 and you are at the start of the strip; the booths run along the old line towards the Wau bridge, with the information room and gallery among them. Object, the design shop, is 100 m straight on from the same exit.
Tip The gallery building has a graffiti wall you can try and photographs of the street before and after the change.
checked Nov 4, 2026
장소 Places · 길경의선숲길Gyeongui Line Forest ParkA 6.3 km linear park laid over the old Gyeongui railway, from Gajwa to Yongsan. The Yeonnam stretch starts at Hongik University station exit 3.오늘 올라옴 up today
장소 Places · 길홍대 레드로드Hongdae Red RoadMapo-gu's name for the main Hongdae streets, marked with a red line on the ground. About 2 km from the Gyeongui Line park to the old Dangin-ri power plant, in seven sections from R1 to R7.오늘 올라옴 up today
동네 Neighborhoods · 길홍대HongdaeThe streets around Hongik University in Mapo-gu, west of the river. Busking, clubs, photo booths and shops, with three rail lines meeting under one station.장소 Places · 멋오브젝트 서교점Object SeogyoA design goods shop 100 m from exit 6 that stocks small Korean makers: stickers, ceramics, keyrings and notebooks, with a rotating exhibition on the ground floor.오늘 올라옴 up today동네 Neighborhoods · 길연남동Yeonnam-dongThe neighbourhood north of Hongik University station, built along the old railway line that became a park. Low-rise alleys of cafés, small shops and restaurants.오늘 올라옴 up today장소 Places · 말땡스북스Thanks BooksA small bookshop on Yanghwa-ro 6-gil that picks its stock by hand and calls itself the neighbourhood bookshop for Hongdae. Open noon to nine every day.오늘 올라옴 up today
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