Dongmyo station

Dongmyo Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 1 and Line 6. It is named after a nearby shrine, built during the Joseon dynasty to honor Guan Yu, arguably the most famous Chinese military general from the Three Kingdoms era.

127 / 636 Dongmyo Station
Station Sign (Line 6)
Korean name
Hangul	동묘앞역
Hanja	東廟앞驛
Revised Romanization	Dongmyoap-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Tongmyoap-yŏk
General information
Location	117 Sungin-dong, 359 Jongno Jiha, Jongno-gu, Seoul[1]
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 1      Line 6
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	December 21, 2005 ()[1] December 15, 2000 ()[1]
Traffic
Passengers	(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 17,493[2] Line 6: 18,934[2]
Services Preceding station   Seoul Metro   Following station Sinseol-dong toward Soyosan Line 1 Local Dongdaemun toward Incheon or Sinchang Sinseol-dong toward Dongducheon Line 1 Express Dongdaemun toward Incheon Sinseol-dong toward Cheongnyangni Line 1 Rapid (Gyeongbu Red-Cheonan) Dongdaemun toward Cheonan Sindang toward Eungam Line 6 Changsin toward Sinnae

Seoul Metro trains on Line 1 that are serviced at the Gunja Train Depot behind Yongdap Station operate up to this station, before taking a track that connects to Sinseol-dong Station on Line 2.

Station layout

G

Street level

Exit

L1 Concourse

Lobby

Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs

L2 Line 1 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→ Line 1 toward Incheon or Sinchang (Dongdaemun) →
	Northbound	← Line 1 toward Soyosan (Sinseol-dong)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left

L3 Line 6 platforms	Westbound	← Line 6 toward Eungam (Sindang)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ Line 6 toward Sinnae (Changsin) →

Vicinity

• Exit 1 : Sungin Park
• Exit 3 : Dongmyo
• Exit 4 : Changsin Elementary School
• Exit 8 : Dongdaemun
• Exit 9 : Doosan APT

References

1. "동묘앞역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
2. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.