Sangwangsimni station
Appearance
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 상왕십리역 | ||||||||||
Hanja | |||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Sang-wangsimni-yeok | ||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Sangwangsimni-yŏk | ||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 374 Wangsimni-ro jiha, 946-14 Hawangsimni-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul[1][2] | ||||||||||
Operated by | Seoul Metro | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Line 2 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | September 16, 1983[1] | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 18,887[3] | |||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Sangwangsimni Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2 in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea.[1][2]
Station layout
[edit]G | Street level | Exit |
L1 Concourse |
Lobby | Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs |
L2 Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← Line 2 toward City Hall (Sindang) | |
Southbound | Line 2 toward Chungjeongno (Wangsimni) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
Accident
[edit]On May 2, 2014 KST, two subway cars collided at Sangwangsimni Station, causing 238 injuries.[4][5]
References
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- ^ a b c "상왕십리역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ^ a b "상왕십리역" (in Korean). 서울지명사전. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ Rose Kim; Seyoon Kim (2 May 2014). "Collision on Seoul's Busiest Subway Line Injures 172". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Kim, Jack; Yang, Kahyun (May 2, 2014). "Subway trains crash in South Korean capital, 200 people hurt". Reuters. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
37°33′51″N 127°01′46″E / 37.56417°N 127.02944°E