City Hall Station (Seoul)

City Hall Station
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Sicheongnyeok
McCune–Reischauer Sich'ŏngnyŏk
Railway Services
Daily ridership Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 1: 44,594[1]
Line 2: 51,185[1]
Line 1
Jonggak Seoul
Station number 132
Address Taepyeongno 1-ga 31,
Jung-gu, Seoul
Coordinates 37°33′53″N 126°58′37″E / 37.56472°N 126.97694°ECoordinates: 37°33′53″N 126°58′37″E / 37.56472°N 126.97694°E
Date opened August 15, 1974
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 2 / 2
Operator Seoul Metro
Line 2
Chungjeongno Euljiro 1-ga
Station number 201
Address Seosomun-dong 27,
Jung-gu, Seoul
Date opened May 22, 1984
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 1 / 2
Operator Seoul Metro

City Hall Station is a station on Seoul Subway lines 1 and 2. As its name suggests, Seoul City Hall is located right next to the station. Deoksugung, a historic palace of the Joseon dynasty, is on the other side of the boulevard named Taepyeongno.

Places

Seoul Museum of Art is also nearby. The museum has hosted many special exhibitions showing works of van Gogh, Monet, René Magritte and so on.[2] There are head offices of 3 daily-newspapers, Chosun Ilbo, Donga Ilbo and Kyunghyang Shinmun, near the city hall. Additionally, Seoul Plaza Hotel is located across city hall.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. Official homepage of Seoul Museum of ART http://seoulmoa.seoul.go.kr/html/eng/exhibitions/main.jsp

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Line 1
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