Seokgye Station

Seokgye Station

Station Nameplate (Line 1)
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Seokgye-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Sŏkkye-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily ridership Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 1: 24,946[1]
Line 6: 28,250[1]
Line 1
Kwangwoon University Sinimun
Station number 120
Address 36-4 Wolgye-dong,
341 Hwarangno,
Nowon-gu, Seoul
Date opened January 14, 1985
Type Aboveground
Platforms/tracks 1 / 2
Operator Korail
Line 6
Dolgoji Taereung
Station number 644
Address 25-4 Wolgye-dong,
Nowon-gu, Seoul
Date opened August 7, 2000
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 2 / 2
Operator SMRT

Seokgye Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 1 and Line 6. The name of this station does not refer to any one neighborhood in this area; its name comes from a portmanteau of Seokgwan-dong and Wolgye-dong, located in Seongbuk-gu and Nowon-gu, respectively.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward Soyosan
Line 1
toward Incheon or Sinchang
toward Eungam
Line 6
toward Bonghwasan

Coordinates: 37°36′53″N 127°03′55″E / 37.61472°N 127.06528°E