Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station

Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station

Line 4
Korean name
Hangul 동대문역사문화공원역
Hanja 東大門歷史文化公園驛
Revised Romanization Dongdaemun-nyeoksa-munhwa-gongwon-nyeok
McCune–Reischauer Tongdaemun-nyŏksa-munhwa-gongwŏn-nyŏk
Railway Services
Daily ridership Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 34,683[1]
Line 4: 41,259[1]
Line 5: 5,836[1]
Line 2
← Euljiro 4-ga Sindang →
Station number 205
Address 1 Euljiro 7-ga,
Jung-gu, Seoul[2]
Coordinates 37°33′54″N 127°00′28″E / 37.56500°N 127.00778°E / 37.56500; 127.00778Coordinates: 37°33′54″N 127°00′28″E / 37.56500°N 127.00778°E / 37.56500; 127.00778
Date opened 16 September 1983[2]
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 2 / 2
Operator Seoul Metro
Line 4
← Dongdaemun Chungmuro →
Station number 422
Address 194 Gwanghui-dong 1-ga,
Jung-gu, Seoul[2]
Date opened 18 October 1985[2]
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 1 / 2
Operator Seoul Metro
Line 5
← Euljiro 4-ga Cheonggu →
Station number 536
Address 86-2 Gwanghui-dong 1-ga,
Jung-gu, Seoul[2]
Date opened 30 December 1996[2]
Type Underground
Platforms/tracks 1 / 2
Operator SMRT

Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station (formerly Dongdaemun Stadium Station) is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2, Line 4 and Line 5. The huge Dongdaemun Market district is centered on this station and Dongdaemun Station, located to the north across Cheonggyecheon.[3]

The Line 2 station is located in Euljiro-7-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, and the Line 4 and 5 stations are located in Gwanghui-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul.

This station is also known to have the highest train-platform gap related accidents in the entire country of South Korea with the total of 42 feet accidents each year.[4]


Vicinity

The headquarters of South Korean food company CJ Cheil Jedang is in the CJ Cheiljedang Building in Ssangnim-dong, Jung-gu, nearby to the station.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "동대문역사문화공원역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  3. ↑ "Dongdaemun Market Description". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 5 March 2010
  4. ↑ "지하철역 승강장 틈 발빠진 사고 5년간 327건". 서울신문. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Company location". CJ Cheil Jedang. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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