City Hall station (Seoul)

City Hall Station is a station on Seoul Subway lines 1 (Blue Line) and 2 (Green Line). As its name suggests, Seoul City Hall is located right next to the station. Deoksugung, a historic palace of the Joseon dynasty, is on the other side of the boulevard named Taepyeongno.

For Singapore, see City Hall MRT station. For Busan, South Korea, see City Hall Station (Busan).
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City Hall Station
Station Platform (Line 2)
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSicheongyeok
McCune–ReischauerSich'ŏngyŏk
General information
LocationTaepyeongno 1-ga 31,
Jung-gu, Seoul
Coordinates37°33′53″N 126°58′37″E
Operated bySeoul Metro
Line(s)     Line 1
     Line 2
Platforms3
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
OpenedAugust 15, 1974 ()
May 22, 1984 ()
Traffic
Passengers(Daily) Based on Jan–Dec of 2012
Line 1: 44,594[1]
Line 2: 51,185[1]
Services
Preceding station   Seoul Metro   Following station
toward Soyosan
Line 1
Local
Seoul Station
toward Incheon or Sinchang
toward Dongducheon
Line 1
Express
Seoul Station
toward Incheon
Line 1
Rapid (Gyeongbu Red-Cheonan)
Seoul Station
toward Cheonan
anticlockwise / outer
Line 2
clockwise / inner

Places

Seoul Museum of Art is also nearby. The museum has hosted many special exhibitions, including those of the works of van Gogh, Monet, and René Magritte.[2] The head offices of three daily newspapers, The Chosun Ilbo, The Dong-a Ilbo and Kyunghyang Shinmun, are near the city hall. Seoul Plaza Hotel is located across from the city hall.

References
  1. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. Official homepage of Seoul Museum of ART "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-01-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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