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.

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Dongmyo Station
Station Sign (Line 6)
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDongmyoap-yeok
McCune–ReischauerTongmyoap-yŏk
General information
Location117 Sungin-dong,
359 Jongno Jiha,
Jongno-gu, Seoul[1]
Operated bySeoul Metro
Line(s)     Line 1
     Line 6
Platforms3
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
OpenedDecember 21, 2005 ()[1]
December 15, 2000 ()[1]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 1: 17,493[2]
Line 6: 18,934[2]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Sinseol-dong
towards Soyosan
Line 1 Dongdaemun
towards Sinchang or Incheon
Sinseol-dong
towards Dongducheon
Line 1
Gyeongwon Express
Dongdaemun
towards Incheon
Sinseol-dong Line 1
Gyeongbu Express
Dongdaemun
towards Sinchang
Sindang
towards Eungam
Line 6 Changsin
towards 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.


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