Sinchon Station

Sinchon Station
Sinchon Station
Korean name
Hangul	신촌역
Hanja	新村驛
Revised Romanization	Sinchon-yeok
McCune-Reischauer	Sinch'on-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily Ridership	Based on Jan-Jun, 2011. Line 2: 115,109
Line 2 ← Hongik University Ewha Woman's University →
Station number	240
Address	31-11 Nogosan-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Date opened	May 22, 1984
Type	Underground
Platforms/tracks	2 / 2
Operator	Seoul Metro

Not to be confused with Sincheon Station.

This article is about the Sinchon subway station. For the subway station under the same name on Gyeongui Line of the Seoul Subway, see Sinchon Station (Gyeongui).

Sinchon Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2 in Mapo-gu, north of the Han River. It is located between Hongik University Station and Ewha Womans University Station.

It is the closest station to Sogang University, Yonsei University and Hyundai Department Store Sinchon. The area between this station and the front gate of Yonsei University is known simply as Sinchon-dong, and is a mecca of nightlife in Seoul, being packed with restaurants, pubs and bars that draw young adults from all over. This station is also in the vinicity of a bus terminal offering service to cities in northwestern Gyeonggi province, including Ilsan, Gimpo, and Ganghwa.

References

Preceding station		Seoul Metropolitan Subway		Following station
Hongik University toward City Hall		Line 2		Ewha Woman's University toward Chungjeongno