216 / 814 Jamsil (Songpa-gu Office) Station | ||||||||||||||||
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) Station sign (Line 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 잠실역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 蠶室驛 | |||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Jamsillyeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Chamsillyŏk | |||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 567 Songpa-daero, 27 Jamsil 5-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°30′48″N 127°06′01″E / 37.51333°N 127.10028°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Seoul Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 2 Line 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Key dates | ||||||||||||||||
| October 31, 1980[1] | Line 2 opened | |||||||||||||||
| November 23, 1996[1] | Line 8 opened | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 148,194[2] Line 8: 20,880[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Jamsil Station is an underground station on Line 2 and Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. Lotte World is continuous with the Line 2 station. The station is also called Songpa-gu Office Station (송파구청역), due to the proximity of the office building (right outside Exit 10 of the Line 8 station).[1]
The Line 2 station is located in Jamsil-dong and the Line 8 station is located in Sincheon-dong. Both neighborhoods are within Songpa-gu, Seoul.
Station layout
Line 2
| Jamsillaru ↑ |
| Inner | | Outer |
| ↓ Jamsilsaenae |
| Inner loop | ← ●Line 2 toward Chungjeongno |
|---|---|
| Outer loop | ●Line 2 toward City Hall → |
Line 8
| Mongchontoseong ↑ |
| S/B | | N/B |
| ↓ Seokchon |
| Northbound | ← ●Line 8 toward Amsa |
|---|---|
| Southbound | ●Line 8 toward Moran → |
Passenger load
A survey conducted in 2011 by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on 92 Administrative divisions across the country reported that Jamsil Station is the second-busiest public transit stop after Gangnam Station. It is followed by Sadang Station, Seolleung Station and Sillim Station.[3]
In December 2010 the station had the fourth-highest rate of WiFi data consumption of all the Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations, following Express Bus Terminal Station, Sadang Station, Dongdaemun Station and followed by Jongno 3-ga Station.[4]
Entrance
- Exit 1 : Ways to Bangi dong, Songpa district office, Telecom office of Songpa, Olympic Park
- Exit 2 : Songpa highway, Seokchon Lake
References
- ^ a b c d "잠실역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ^ a b Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ "Gangnam Busiest Subway Station in Korea". Chosun Ilbo. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ "Seoul Subway Line No. 2 Becomes Major WiFi Hotspot". Chosun Ilbo. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.