Chungmuro Station

Chungmuro Station

Chungmurp Station
Korean name
Hangul 충무로역
Hanja 忠武路驛
Revised Romanization Chungmuro-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Ch'ungmuro-yŏk
General information
Location 125 Chungmuro 4-ga,
Jung-gu, Seoul
Coordinates 37°33′40.7″N 126°59′40.2″E / 37.561306°N 126.994500°E / 37.561306; 126.994500Coordinates: 37°33′40.7″N 126°59′40.2″E / 37.561306°N 126.994500°E / 37.561306; 126.994500
Operated by Seoul Metro
Line(s)      Line 3
     Line 4
Platforms 3
Tracks 4
Construction
Structure type Underground
Key dates
October 18, 1985      Line 3 opened
October 18, 1985      Line 4 opened
Traffic
Passengers (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 4:[1] 70,438[2]

Chungmuro Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 3, the orange line, and Line 4, the sky-blue line. Both the Line 3 and 4 platforms are located in Chungmuro-4-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul.

This station is named after the road under which it passes, in honor of the Chosun general Yi Sunsin, who was also known by the title of Chungmugong.

Station layout

G Street level Exit
L1
Concourse		 Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Line 3 platforms		 Northbound ← Line 3 toward Daehwa (Euljiro 3 (sam)-ga)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound → Line 3 toward Ogeum (Dongguk University) →
L3
Line 4 platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← Line 4 toward Danggogae (Dongdaemun H&C Park)
Southbound → Line 4 toward Oido (Myeong-dong) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Cinema

Chungmuro is considered the best place to view Korean movies.[3] Just outside the exit by the rear entrance to Dongguk University is Daehan Cinema (대한극장), where Chungmuro Film Festival in Seoul was first held.

References

  1. ↑ with Line 3
  2. ↑ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. ↑ The 1st Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul 10.25~11.2
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