Samseong station
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 삼성역 | ||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Samseongnyeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Samsŏngnyŏk | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 23, 1982[1] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 137,927[2] | |||||||||||
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Samseong Station is a station on 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. Due to security concerns, the station was closed during the G20 summit and the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit, as this station is directly connected with COEX.
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 between 2010 and 2012.
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| 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
[edit]| G | Street level | Exit |
| B1 Concourse |
Lobby | Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs |
| B2 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
[edit]- Exit 1: Gangnam Police Station, Park Hyatt Hotel
- Exit 2: Russian Embassy of Korea
- Exit 3: Hwimoon Middle & High Schools
- Exit 4: POSCO Center, Daemyeong Middle School
- Exit 5: Korea Air City Terminal, Hyundai Department Store, InterContinental Hotel Grand Seoul Parnas
- Exit 6: COEX Mall (direct passageway), World Trade Center Seoul
- Exit 7: KEPCO Headquarters
- Exit 8: Gangnam Fire Station
References
[edit]- ^ a b "삼성역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ Kwon, Sang-soo (12 September 2012). "City designates area by COEX as smoke-free". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
37°30′31.48″N 127°3′48.67″E / 37.5087444°N 127.0635194°E
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