Jegi-dong station

Jegi-dong Station is a station on Line 1 on the Seoul Subway network.

Hangul

제기동역

Hanja

祭基洞驛

Revised RomanizationJegidongnyeok

McCune–ReischauerChegidongnyŏk

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125 제기동 (한국건강관리협회) Jegi-dong (Korea Association of Health Promotion)
Station Sign
Korean name
Hangul	제기동역
Hanja	祭基洞驛
Revised Romanization	Jegidongnyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Chegidongnyŏk
General information
Location	51 Jegi-dong, 93 Wangsanno Jiha, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul[1]
Operator	Seoul Metro
Line	Line 1
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	August 15, 1974[1]
Former names	Seongdong
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 38,845[2]
Services Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Cheongnyangni towards Soyosan Line 1 Sinseol-dong towards Incheon Cheongnyangni towards Uijeongbu or Kwangwoon University Sinseol-dong towards Sinchang or Seodongtan Cheongnyangni towards Dongducheon Line 1 Gyeongwon Express Sinseol-dong towards Incheon Cheongnyangni Terminus Line 1 Gyeongbu Express Sinseol-dong towards Sinchang
Location

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This station is very close to the site of the former Seongdong Station, the original western terminus of the Gyeongchun Line from 1939 to 1971. Only a moments walk from the station is Gyeongdong Market, a large, well known medicinal market, and the Seoul Yangnyeongsi Herb Medicine Museum,^[3] a free museum dedicated to educating visitors about traditional Korean medicine.