Seocho station

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서초
Seocho
Seoul-metro-224-Seocho-station-platform-20181121-140806.jpg
Station sign
Korean name
Hangul
서초역
Hanja
Revised Romanization Seocho-yeok
McCune–Reischauer Sŏch'o-yŏk
General information
Location1500 Seocho 3-dong,
Seocho-gu, Seoul
Operated by Seoul Metro
Line(s)      Line 2
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
OpenedDecember 17, 1983
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 40,112 [1]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Seoul National University of Education
Next counter-clockwise
Line 2 Bangbae
Next clockwise

Seocho Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2. It is located in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul.

Contents

Station layout

GStreet levelExit
L1
Concourse
LobbyCustomer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Inner loop Line 2 toward Chungjeongno (Bangbae)
Outer loop Line 2 toward City Hall (Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Education)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Ridership

StationNumbers
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Line216698162781570215590163471667716509

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References

  1. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine . Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

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