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).

132 / 201 City Hall Station
Station Platform (Line 2)
Korean name
Hangul	시청역
Hanja	市廳驛
Revised Romanization	Sicheongyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sich'ŏngyŏk
General information
Location	Taepyeongno 1-ga 31, Jung-gu, Seoul
Coordinates	37°33′53″N 126°58′37″E
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 1      Line 2
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	August 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 Jonggak toward Soyosan Line 1 Local Seoul Station toward Incheon or Sinchang Jonggak toward Dongducheon Line 1 Express Seoul Station toward Incheon Jonggak toward Cheongnyangni Line 1 Rapid (Gyeongbu Red-Cheonan) Seoul Station toward Cheonan Chungjeongno anticlockwise / outer Line 2 Euljiro 1-ga 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)

External links

• Seoul Museum of Art
• Deoksugung palace