Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station
Station of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway
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Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station (Korean: 동대문역사문화공원) 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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| Korean name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 동대문역사문화공원역 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Dongdaemun-nyeoksa-munhwa-gongwon-nyeok | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Tongdaemun-nyŏksa-munhwa-gongwŏn-nyŏk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1 Euljiro 7-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°33′54″N 127°00′28″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Seoul Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Line 2 Line 4 Line 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former names | Dongdaemun Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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]
