Sangwangsimni station – Wikipedia

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상왕십리
Sangwangsimni
Seoul-metro-207-Sangwangsimni-station-platform-20181122-092122.jpg

Station Platform

Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Sang-wangsimni-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Sangwangsimni-yŏk
General information
Location 374 Wangsimni-ro jiha, 946-14 Hawangsimni-dong,
Seongdong-gu, Seoul[1][2]
Operated by Seoul Metro
Line(s)      Line 2
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened September 16, 1983[1]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 18,887[3]
Services

Sangwangsimni Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2 in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea.[1][2]

Station layout[edit]

L1
Concourse
Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs

Accident[edit]

On May 2, 2014 KST, two subway cars collided at Sangwangsimni Station, causing 238 injuries.[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c

    “상왕십리역” (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-01-27.

  2. ^ a b “상왕십리역” (in Korean). 서울지명사전. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  3. ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. ^ Rose Kim and Seyoon Kim (2 May 2014). “Collision on Seoul’s Busiest Subway Line Injures 172”. Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 May 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. ^ Kim, Jack; Yang, Kahyun (May 2, 2014). “Subway trains crash in South Korean capital, 200 people hurt”. Reuters. Retrieved May 2, 2014.

Coordinates:

37°33′51″N 127°01′46″E / 37.56417°N 127.02944°E / 37.56417; 127.02944