Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station
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| Location | 1 Euljiro 7-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°33′54″N 127°00′28″E / 37.56500°N 127.00778°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Seoul Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Dongdaemun Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 September 1983[1] | Lua error: expandTemplate: template "SMS color" does not exist. opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 October 1985[1] | Lua error: expandTemplate: template "SMS color" does not exist. opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 December 1996[1] | Lua error: expandTemplate: template "SMS color" does not exist. opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 34,683[2] Line 4: 41,259[2] Line 5: 5,836[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2, Line 4 and Line 5. The huge Dongdaemun Market district is centered on this station and Dongdaemun Station, located to the north across Cheonggyecheon.[3]
The Line 2 station is located in Euljiro-7-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, and the Line 4 and 5 stations are located in Gwanghui-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul.
This station is also known to have the highest train-platform gap related accidents in the entire country of South Korea with the total of 365 feet accidents each year.[4]
This station's Line 5 Transfer passageway was closed from July 18, 2018 to September 20, 2018 because of construction-related work. [5]
Vicinity
- Exit 1 : Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park
- Exit 2 : Hanyang Middle & Technical High Schools
- Exit 13 : National Medical Center
- Exit 14 : Cheonggyecheon
The headquarters of South Korean food company CJ Cheil Jedang is in the CJ Cheiljedang Building in Ssangnim-dong, Jung-gu, nearby to the station.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "동대문역사문화공원역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ "Dongdaemun Market Description". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 5 March 2010
- ^ "지하철역 승강장 틈 발빠진 사고 5년간 327건". 서울신문. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Beware: Dongdaemun station to shut transfer passageway to Line 5". Korea Times. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Company location". CJ Cheil Jedang. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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