Seokgye Station

Seokgye Station
Station Nameplate (Line 1)
Korean name
Hangul	석계역
Hanja	石溪驛
Revised Romanization	Seokgye-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏkkye-yŏk
General information
Location	36-4 Wolgye-dong, 341 Hwarangno, ()[1] 25-4 Wolgye-dong, () Nowon-gu, Seoul  South Korea Nowon-gu, Seoul
Coordinates	37°36′53″N 127°03′55″E / 37.61472°N 127.06528°ECoordinates: 37°36′53″N 127°03′55″E / 37.61472°N 127.06528°E
Operated by	Korail () SMRT ()
Platforms	1 () 2 ()
Tracks	2 ()
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground () Underground ()
History
Opened	January 14, 1985 () August 7, 2000 ()[2][1]
Traffic
Passengers	Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 24,946[3] Line 6: 28,250[3]
Services
Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station Kwangwoon University toward Soyosan Line 1 Sinimun toward Incheon or Sinchang Dolgoji toward Eungam Line 6 Taereung toward Bonghwasan

Seokgye Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 1 and Line 6. The name of this station does not refer to any one neighborhood in this area; its name comes from a portmanteau of Seokgwan-dong and Wolgye-dong, located in Seongbuk-gu and Nowon-gu, respectively.^[2][1]

References

1. "석계역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
2. "석계역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
3. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.