Jamsil Station

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Jamsil Station

Jamsil Station
Korean name
Hangul 잠실역
Hanja 蠶室驛
Revised Romanization Jamsillyeok
McCune–Reischauer Chamsillyŏk
Railway Services
Daily ridership Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 148,194[1]
Line 8: 20,880[1]
Line 2
← Jamsillaru Sincheon →
Station number 216
Address 27 Jamsil 5-dong,
Songpa-gu, Seoul
Date opened October 31, 1980
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 2 / 2
Operator Seoul Metro
Line 8
← Mongchontoseong Seokchon →
Station number 814
Address 29 Sincheon-dong,
Songpa-gu, Seoul
Date opened November 23, 1996
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 2 / 2
Operator SMRT

Jamsil Station is an underground station on the Seoul Subway Line 2 and Line 8. Lotte World is continuous with the Line 2 station. The station is also called Songpa-gu Office Station, due to the proximity of the office building (right outside Exit 10 of the Line 8 station)

The Line 2 station is located in Jamsil-dong and the Line 8 station in Sincheon-dong, both neighborhoods being within Songpa-gu, Seoul.

Station layout

G Street level Exit
L1
Concourse		 Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Line 2 platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Inner loop ← Line 2 toward Chungjeongno (Sincheon)
Outer loop → Line 2 toward City Hall (Jamsillaru) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
L3
Line 8 platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← Line 8 toward Amsa (Mongchontoseong)
Southbound → Line 8 toward Moran (Seokchon) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Passenger load

In a survey conducted in 2011 by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on 92 Administrative divisions across the country, it reported that Jamsil Station is the second busiest public transit stop following Gangnam Station. It is followed by Sadang Station, Seolleung Station and Sillim Station.[2]

In December 2010 the station is recorded as having the fourth highest WiFi data consumption of all the Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations, following Express Bus Terminal Station, Sadang Station, Dongdaemun Station and followed by Jongno 3-ga Station.[3]

Entrance

  • Exit 1 : Ways to Bangi dong, Songpa district office, Telecom office of Songpa, Olympic Park
  • Exit 2 : Songpa highway, Seokchon Lake

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. ↑ "Gangnam Busiest Subway Station in Korea". Chosun Ilbo. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Seoul Subway Line No. 2 Becomes Major WiFi Hotspot". Chosun Ilbo. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012. 
Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward City Hall
 Line 2
toward Chungjeongno
toward Amsa
 Line 8
toward Moran

Coordinates: 37°30′48″N 127°06′01″E / 37.51333°N 127.10028°E / 37.51333; 127.10028

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