Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station

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Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station
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Line 4
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
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
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Date opened 16 September 1983
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
Date opened 18 October 1985
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
Date opened 30 December 1996
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.[2]

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.[3]


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.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. "Dongdaemun Market Description". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 5 March 2010
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Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward City Hall
Line 2
toward Chungjeongno
toward Danggogae
Line 4
toward Oido
toward Banghwa
Line 5
toward Sangil-dong or Macheon