Gangnam Station

Gangnam Station
Gangnam Station
Korean name
Hangul	강남역
Hanja	江南驛
Revised Romanization	Gangnam-yeok
McCune-Reischauer	Kangnam-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily Ridership	Based on Jan-Jun, 2011. Line 2: 206,861
Line 2 ← Yeoksam Seoul Nat'l. Univ. of Education →
Station number	222
Address	804 Yeoksam 2-dong, 303 Gangnamdaero Jiha, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Date opened	December 23, 1982
Type	Underground
Platforms/tracks	2 / 2
Operator	Seoul Metro

Gangnam Station is a station in the Gangnam district of Seoul, on the Seoul Subway Line 2. As of 2007, it is the busiest subway station in the whole Seoul Metropolitan Subway system, with approximately 123,000 daily passengers using it on average.

The area surrounding the station is an important commercial and entertainment district. The station is located at the western end of Teheranno, home to many corporate headquarters and impressive towers, while the area immediately to the north of the station is densely packed with bars, restaurants and clubs. There are also many shops in the subway station below ground. In 2007, the area was the 10th most expensive shopping street in the world with an average rent of US$431 per square foot.

This station serves as a crucial transfer point between Line 2 and buses to all over Seoul and southern Gyeonggi province, and it became the northern terminus of the Sin Bundang Line on October 29, 2011 with the southern terminus at Jeongja Station.

Vicinity

• Exit 1 : KIPO Seoul Office
• Exit 8 : Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Headquarters)

References

Preceding station		Seoul Metropolitan Subway		Following station
Yeoksam toward City Hall		Line 2		Seoul Nat'l. Univ. of Education toward Chungjeongno