Samseong Station

Samseong Station

Samseong Station
Korean name
Hangul 삼성역
Hanja 三成驛
Revised Romanization Samseongnyeok
McCune–Reischauer Samsŏngnyŏk
General information
Location 172-66 Samseong 1-dong,
538 Teherandaero Jiha,
Gangnam-gu, Seoul[1]
Operated by Seoul Metro
Line(s)      Line 2
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Underground
Key dates
December 23, 1982[1]      Line 2 opened
Traffic
Passengers (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 137,927[2]

Samseong Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2. It serves the eastern area of Teheranno. Some of the more famous buildings near the station include World Trade Center Seoul, COEX Mall, Korea Electric Power (KEPCO) headquarters, Korea Air City Terminal (buses run from here to Incheon and Gimpo Airports, and vice versa), and Gangnam main police and fire stations.

The ridership of this station is very high, consistently ranking among the five most heavily used subway stations in Korea. The table below shows the average daily ridership of recent 3 years (2013 will be uploaded at the end of this year).

Year 2010 2011 2012
Ridership 69,863 70,501 68,002

Although the name of this station shares its pronunciation with the company Samsung, the Hanja for the company (三星) and the station (三成) are different, so there is no relation between the two.

The 836-meter (914-yard) section of sidewalk along Yeongdong Boulevard from exit No.5 of this station, outside COEX Convention & Exhibition Center and ASEM Tower is designated as a smoke-free zone by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.[3]

Station layout

G Street level Exit
L1
Concourse		 Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Platform level		 Inner loop ← Line 2 toward Chungjeongno (Seolleung)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Outer loop → Line 2 toward City Hall (Sports Complex) →

Vicinity

References

  1. 1 2 "삼성역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. ↑ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. ↑ Kwon, Sang-soo (12 September 2012). "City designates area by COEX as smoke-free". Joongang Daily. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward City Hall
Line 2
toward Chungjeongno

Coordinates: 37°30′31.48″N 127°3′48.67″E / 37.5087444°N 127.0635194°E / 37.5087444; 127.0635194


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