Sinchon station (original) (raw)

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Metro station on Seoul Metro Line 2

240 신촌 (지하) Sinchon
Korean name
Hangul	신촌역
Hanja	新村驛
Revised Romanization	Sinchonnyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sinch'onnyŏk
General information
Location	90 Sinchon-ro Jiha, 31-11 Nogosan-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul[1]
Coordinates	37°33′19″N 126°56′13″E / 37.55528°N 126.93694°E / 37.55528; 126.93694
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 2
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	May 22, 1984[1]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.Line 2: 111,885[2]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Hongik UniversityNext counter-clockwise Line 2 Ewha Womans UniversityNext clockwise

Sinchon Station is a station on Line 2 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway in Mapo-gu, north of the Han River. It is located between Hongik University Station and Ewha Womans University Station.

It is the closest station to Sogang University, Yonsei University, Hyundai Department Store Sinchon, and Seoul Korea Temple. The area between the station and the front gate of Yonsei University is known simply as Sinchon-dong, and is a mecca of nightlife in Seoul, being packed with restaurants, pubs and bars that draw young adults from all over. This station is also in the vicinity of a bus terminal offering service to cities in northwestern Gyeonggi province, including Ilsan, Gimpo, and Ganghwa.

1. ^ a b "신촌역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
2. ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.