Seolleung station
Line 2 station on the Seoul Subway
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Seolleung station is a Seoul Subway station that serves Line 2 and the Suin–Bundang Line. The station is named after the nearby Seolleung, a Joseon period royal tomb.
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 Station Sign (Line 2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 선릉역 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Seolleung-yeok | |||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏllŭng-yŏk | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 143-42 Samseong 2-dong, 340 Teherandaero Jiha, Gangnam-gu, Seoul[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Seoul Metro Korail | |||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Line 2 Suin–Bundang Line | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||
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| December 23, 1982[1] | Line 2 opened | |||||||||||||||||
| September 3, 2003[1] | Suin–Bundang Line opened | |||||||||||||||||
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| (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 117,787[3] Bundang Line: 15,715[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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On Line 2, the preceding and following stations are Yeoksam station and Samseong station. On the Suin-Bundang Line these are Seonjeongneung station, which connects with Line 9, and Hanti station.
Facilities
- In 2011, retailer Home plus opened the world's first virtual supermarket in the station, where smartphone users can photograph the bar codes of life-size pictures, on the walls and platform screen doors, of 500 items of food, toiletries, electronics etc., for delivery within the same day.[4][5] However, the Home plus virtual supermarket is currently closed and no longer exists(2023).[citation needed]
- There is a convenience store called Storyway near Suin–Bundang Line ticket gate.
- Restrooms are located outside the ticket gate, and there are a total of two, one near Line 2 ticket gate and the other near Suin–Bundang Line ticket gate.
Passenger load
In a survey conducted in 2011 by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs on 92 Administrative divisions across the country, it reported that Seolleung Station is the fourth-busiest public transit stop following Gangnam Station, Jamsil Station, Sadang Station; and followed by Sillim Station.[6]
Gallery
Suin-Bundang Line platform
Suin-Bundang Line station sign
Line 2 platform
