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.
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 Station Platform (Line 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | August 15, 1974 ( )May 22, 1984 (  ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Daily) Based on Jan–Dec of 2012 Line 1: 44,594[1] Line 2: 51,185[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- 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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