Express Bus Terminal Station

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Express Bus Terminal Station

Line 3 platform
Korean name
Hangul 고속터미널역
Hanja 高速터미널驛
Revised Romanization Gosokteomineol-yeok
McCune-Reischauer Kosokt'ŏminŏl-yŏk
Station information
Subway line/station # Line 3 (339)
Line 7 (734)
Station type Underground
Platforms Line 3 — 2 side platforms
Line 7 — 2 side platforms
Screen Doors Not Installed
Operator Seoul Metro (Line 3)
SMRT (line 7)
Opened October 18, 1985 (Line 3)
August 1, 2000 (Line 7)
Address 162 Banpo 1-dong (Line 3)
19-3 Banpo-dong (Line 7)
Seocho-gu, Seoul

Express Bus Terminal Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 3 and Seoul Subway Line 7. It will also serve as a station on the planned Seoul Subway Line 9.

Both the Line 3 and Line 7 stations are located in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul.

It is located underneath the Gangnam Bus Terminal (also called the Express Bus Terminal, from which the station derives it name). There are several stores, including clothing and book stores, located throughout the station. The station also offers free internet portals for surfing the web and checking e-mail, which are located by the number 3 line.

[edit] History

  • October 18th, 1985 : This station was opened on Line 3.
  • August 1st, 2000 : The Line 7 was opened, making this station a transfer point.

[edit] Exits

[edit] Passengers

Station Passengers[1]
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Line 3 47176 58695 61369 61451 62298 62343 62075
Line 7 7951 9262 9787 10985 12211 13499 14143
  1. ^ Data from 2006 formal customers all year around.

Gallery

Line 7 platform

Transfer corridor

Ticket office

Line 3 platform
Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward Daehwa
 Line 3
toward Suseo
toward Jangam
 Line 7
toward Onsu