Samseong Station

Not to be confused with Samsong Station or Sanseong Station.

Samseong Station
Samseong Station
Korean name
Hangul	삼성역
Hanja	三成驛
Revised Romanization	Samseong-yeok
McCune-Reischauer	Samsŏng-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily Ridership	Based on Jan-Jun, 2011. Line 2: 142,959
Line 2 ← Sports Complex Seolleung →
Station number	219
Address	172-66 Samseong 1-dong, 538 Teherandaero Jiha, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Date opened	December 23, 1982
Type	Underground
Platforms/tracks	1 / 2
Operator	Seoul Metro

Samseong Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2. It serves the eastern area of Teheranno. Some of the more famous buildings near the station include World Trade Center Seoul, COEX Mall, Korea Electric Power (KEPCO) headquarters, Korea Air City Terminal (buses run from here to Incheon and Gimpo Airports, and vice versa), and Gangnam main police and fire stations.

The ridership of this station is very high, consistently ranking among the five most heavily used subway stations in Korea.^{[citation needed]}

The name of this station sounds like Samsung, but there is no relation between the two.

Vicinity

• Exit 1 : Gangnam Police Station
• Exit 2 : Russian Embassy of Korea
• Exit 3 : Hwimoon Middle & High Schools
• Exit 4 : POSCO Center, Daemyeong Middle School
• Exit 5 : Korea Air City Terminal, Hyundai Department Store
• Exit 6 : COEX Mall (direct passageway), World Trade Center Seoul
• Exit 7 : KEPCO Headquarters
• Exit 8 : Gangnam Fire Station

References

Preceding station		Seoul Metropolitan Subway		Following station
Sports Complex toward City Hall		Line 2		Seolleung toward Chungjeongno