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Sangwangsimni station

Coordinates: 37°33′51″N 127°01′46″E / 37.56417°N 127.02944°E / 37.56417; 127.02944
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상왕십리
Sangwangsimni
Station Platform
Korean name
Hangul
상왕십리역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSang-wangsimni-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSangwangsimni-yŏk
General information
Location374 Wangsimni-ro jiha, 946-14 Hawangsimni-dong,
Seongdong-gu, Seoul[1][2]
Operated bySeoul Metro
Line(s)     Line 2
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
OpenedSeptember 16, 1983[1]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 18,887[3]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Sindang
Next counter-clockwise
Line 2 Wangsimni
Next clockwise

Sangwangsimni Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2 in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea.[1][2]

Station layout

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G Street level Exit
L1
Concourse
Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound Line 2 toward City Hall (Sindang)
Southbound Line 2 toward Chungjeongno (Wangsimni)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Accident

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On May 2, 2014 KST, two subway cars collided at Sangwangsimni Station, causing 238 injuries.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "상왕십리역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  2. ^ a b "상왕십리역" (in Korean). 서울지명사전. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  3. ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. ^ Rose Kim; Seyoon Kim (2 May 2014). "Collision on Seoul's Busiest Subway Line Injures 172". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  5. ^ Kim, Jack; Yang, Kahyun (May 2, 2014). "Subway trains crash in South Korean capital, 200 people hurt". Reuters. Retrieved May 2, 2014.

37°33′51″N 127°01′46″E / 37.56417°N 127.02944°E / 37.56417; 127.02944