Banpo Station

Banpo Station
Banpo Station
Korean name
Hangul	반포역
Hanja	盤浦驛
Revised Romanization	Banpo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Panp'o-yŏk
General information
Location	103 Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Operated by	SMRT
Line(s)	Line 7
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Key dates
August 1, 2000	Line 7 opened

Banpo Station is a metro station on Seoul Subway Line 7 located in Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Despite its name, the station is not located in Banpo-dong, but instead in Jamwon. It has 6 entrances that they are all right side entrance and they have screen doors right before entering the train. It takes 4~8 minutes between 2 trains and next stations are Nonhyeon and Seoul Express Bus Terminal. It is only 500m long between Banpo station and two other Stations next to it. The station number is 733.

Station layout

Vicinity

• Exit 1 : Wonchon Elementary & Middle Schools
• Exit 2 : Way to Banpo 1 dong
• Exit 3 : Junction of Express Bus Terminal, townoffice of Banpo 1 dong
• Exit 4 : Junction of Express Bus Terminal, townoffice of Banpo 1 dong (opposite side from Exit 4)
• Exit 5 : Kyongwon Middle School
• Exit 6 : Jamwon-dong, Banpo Social Welfare Center

Passengers

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Places around station

• New Town
• Banpo Xi Apartment
• Donga Apartment
• Kyongwon Middle School
• Seoul Express Bus Terminal
• Banpo Bus Station

History

Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit corporation built Banpo Station and they started to run Banpo Station on August 1, 2000. Banpo Station started to run when line number 7 started.

References

1. Original data from Seoul Metro(2006)
2. "Banpo Station (반포역) Line 7 – Station #733." Seoul Suburban. N.p., 20 Sept. 2011. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.
3. "반포역." : 지식백과. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. ("banpo station." : 지식백과. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.)
4. Weblog post. 무궁화호's Bus And Rail Factory : naver blog. Blog, 18 May 2015. Web. 04 Mar. 2016.
5. "Seoul subway line number 7 banpo station first one and last one’s time and running time graph."shiitake. Blog Owner, 6 Jan. 2014. Web. 04 Mar. 2016.
6. "banpo apartment and banpo station - Seoul line number 7 banpo station." Stationman. Blog Owner, 07 Sept. 2013. Web. 4 Mar. 2016.

Seoul Metropolitan Subway
Line 7 Jangam Dobongsan Suraksan Madeul Nowon Junggye Hagye Gongneung Taereung Meokgol Junghwa Sangbong Myeonmok Sagajeong Yongmasan Junggok Gunja Children's Grand Park Konkuk Univ. Ttukseom Resort Cheongdam Gangnam-gu Office Hakdong Nonhyeon Banpo Express Bus Terminal Naebang Isu Namseong Soongsil Univ. Sangdo Jangseungbaegi Sindaebangsamgeori Boramae Sinpung Daerim Namguro Gasan Digital Complex Cheolsan Gwangmyeongsageori Cheonwang Onsu Kkachiul Bucheon Stadium Chunui Sinjungdong Bucheon City Hall Sang-dong Samsan Gymnasium Gulpocheon Bupyeong-gu Office

Coordinates: 37°30′29″N 127°00′42″E / 37.50806°N 127.01167°E / 37.50806; 127.01167