Sangwangsimni Station

Sangwangsimni Station
Sangwangsimni Station
Korean name
Hangul	상왕십리역
Hanja	上往十里驛
Revised Romanization	Sang-wangsimni-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sangwangsimni-yŏk
Railway Services
Daily ridership	Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 18,887[1]
Line 2
← Sindang Wangsimni →
Station number	207
Address	374 Wangsimni-ro jiha, 946-14 Hawangsimni-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul[2][3]
Date opened	September 16, 1983[2]
Type	Underground
Platforms/tracks	2 / 2
Operator	Seoul Metro

Sangwangsimni Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2 in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea.^[2][3]

Station layout

G

Street level

Exit

L1 Concourse

Lobby

Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs

L2 Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outer loop	← Line 2 toward City Hall (Sindang)
	Inner loop	→ Line 2 toward Chungjeongno (Wangsimni) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Accident

On May 2, 2014 KST, two subway cars collided at Sangwangsimni Station, causing 238 injuries. ^[4][5][6]

Gallery

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  Line 2 platform

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  Line 2 platform

References

1. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
2. "상왕십리역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
3. "상왕십리역" (in Korean). 서울지명사전. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
4. Rose Kim and Seyoon Kim (2 May 2014). "Collision on Seoul’s Busiest Subway Line Injures 172". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
5. "Over 200 injured as two trains collide in Seoul subway". RT. May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
6. Kim, Jack; Yang, Kahyun (May 2, 2014). "Subway trains crash in South Korean capital, 200 people hurt". Reuters. Retrieved May 2, 2014.

Coordinates: 37°33′51″N 127°01′46″E / 37.56417°N 127.02944°E