Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station
Dongdaemun History & Culture Park is a station on Line 2, Line 4 and Line 5 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. It is named for the nearby Dongdaemun History & Culture Park. The huge Dongdaemun Market district is centered on this station and Dongdaemun Station, located to the north across Cheonggyecheon.[3]
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| Revised Romanization | Dongdaemun-nyeoksa-munhwa-gongwon-nyeok | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Tongdaemun-nyŏksa-munhwa-gongwŏn-nyŏk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Euljiro 7-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°33′54″N 127°00′28″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Seoul Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 2 Line 4 Line 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Previous names | Dongdaemun Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 September 1983[1] | Line 2 opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 October 1985[1] | Line 4 opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 December 1996[1] | Line 5 opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 34,683[2] Line 4: 41,259[2] Line 5: 5,836[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Line 2 station is located in Euljiro-7-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, and the Line 4 and 5 stations are located in Gwanghui-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul.
This station is also known to have the highest train-platform gap related accidents in the entire country of South Korea with the total of 365 feet accidents each year.[4]
This station's Line 5 Transfer passageway was closed from 18 July 2018 to 20 September 2018 because of construction-related work.[5]
Vicinity
- Exit 1 : Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park
- Exit 2 : Hanyang Middle & Technical High Schools
- Exit 13 : National Medical Center
- Exit 14 : Cheonggyecheon
The headquarters of South Korean food company CJ Cheil Jedang is in the CJ Cheiljedang Building in Ssangnim-dong, Jung-gu, nearby to the station.[6]
References
- "동대문역사문화공원역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- "Dongdaemun Market Description". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 5 March 2010
- "지하철역 승강장 틈 발빠진 사고 5년간 327건". 서울신문. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- "Beware: Dongdaemun station to shut transfer passageway to Line 5". The Korea Times. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- "Company location". CJ Cheil Jedang. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
