Singil Station

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Singil Station
Korean name
Hangul 신길역
Hanja 新吉驛
Revised Romanization Sin'gil-yeok
McCune-Reischauer Shin'gil-yŏk
Station information
Subway line/station # Line 1 (138)
Line 5 (525)
Other rail lines Gyeongbu Line
Gyeongin Line
Station type Aboveground (Line 1)
Underground (Line 5)
Platforms Line 1 — 3
Line 5 — 2 side platforms
Tracks Line 1 — 4
Line 5 — 2
Screen Doors Installed (Line 1 only)
Operator Korail (Line 1)
SMRT (Line 5)
Opened August 12, 1996 (Line 5)
Address Singil-dong (Line 1)
Yeongdeungpo-dong (Line 5)
Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul

Singil Station (pronounced Sin-gil) is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 1 and Line 5.

This station is somewhat notorious for its poor transfer between the platforms on Lines 1 and 5, having one of the longest transfer distances in the Seoul Metropolitan Subway system. The Line 1 station is also the first aboveground station in South Korea to have operating platform screen doors.

Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward Soyosan
Line 1
toward Incheon or Cheonan
toward Yongsan
Line 1
toward Banghwa
Line 5
toward Sangil-dong or Macheon

Coordinates: 37°31′01″N, 126°55′03″E