Jamsil station
Subway station in South Korea
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Jamsil Station (Korean: 잠실역) is an underground station on Line 2 and Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. Lotte World is continuous with the Line 2 station. The station is also called Songpa-gu Office Station (Korean: 송파구청역), due to the proximity of the office building (right outside Exit 10 of the Line 8 station).[1]
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 Station sign (Line 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 잠실역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 蠶室驛 | |||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Jamsillyeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Chamsillyŏk | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 567 Songpa-daero, 27 Jamsil 5-dong, Songpa District, Seoul[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°30′48″N 127°06′01″E | |||||||||||||||
| Operator | Seoul Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Lines | Line 2 Line 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
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| October 31, 1980[1] | Line 2 opened | |||||||||||||||
| November 23, 1996[1] | Line 8 opened | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| (Daily) Line 2: 155,229[2][unreliable source?] (based on 2024 data) Line 8: 20,880[3] (based on 2012 data) | ||||||||||||||||
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The Line 2 station is located in Jamsil-dong and the Line 8 station is located in Sincheon-dong. Both neighborhoods are within Songpa District, Seoul.
Station layout
Line 2
| Jamsillaru ↑ |
| Inner | | Outer |
| ↓ Jamsilsaenae |
| Inner loop | ← ● Line 2 toward Chungjeongno |
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| Outer loop | ● Line 2 toward City Hall → |
Line 8
| Mongchontoseong ↑ |
| S/B | | N/B |
| ↓ Seokchon |
Passenger load
A survey conducted in 2011 by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on 92 Administrative divisions across the country reported that Jamsil Station is the second-busiest public transit stop after Gangnam station. It is followed by Sadang station, Seolleung station and Sillim station.[4]
In December 2010 the station had the fourth-highest rate of WiFi data consumption of all the Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations, following Express Bus Terminal Station, Sadang station, Dongdaemun station and followed by Jongno 3-ga Station.[5]
In a Seoul Metro analysis in 2024, Jamsil station became the busiest subway station across the Seoul area, surpassing Gangnam station with an average of 155,229 passengers each day on Line 2 over the course of the first four months in 2024.[2][6]
Entrance
- Exit 1 : Ways to Bangi dong, Songpa district office, Telecom office of Songpa, Olympic Park
- Exit 2 : Songpa highway, Lotte World Tower Avenuel Jamsil, Seokchon Lake
- Exit 4 : Lotte World,[7] Lotte Department Store Jamsil
- Exit 10 : Songpa Gu Office
Gallery
Line 2 platform
Line 8 platform
Station sign (Line 8)
