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Hangul | 서면역 | |||||||||||||||
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Revised Romanization | Seomyeonnyeok | |||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏmyŏnnyŏk | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Bujeon-dong, Busanjin District, Busan South Korea | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°09′28″N129°03′33″E / 35.15778°N 129.05917°E | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Busan Transportation Corporation | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Line 1 Line 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Seomyeon Station is a station on the Busan Metro Line 1 and Line 2 located in Bujeon-dong, Busanjin District, Busan.
The station is connected underground to the main Busan branch of Lotte Department Store, [1] [2] Judies Taehwa, [3] Daehyun Primall, and the Seomyeon Underground Shopping Center. [4]
Between 2010 and 2014, Seomyeon station recorded 28 platform-train gap related accidents—the second highest number of such incidents in South Korea behind Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station in Seoul, and the highest in Busan. [5]
Bujeon ↑ |
S/B||N/B |
↓ Beomnaegol |
Southbound | ← ● Line 1 toward Dadaepo Beach |
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Northbound | → ● Line 1 toward Nopo |
Buam ↑ |
S/B||N/B |
↓ Jeonpo |
Southbound | ← ● Line 2 toward Jangsan |
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Northbound | → ● Line 2 toward Yangsan |
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