City Hall Station (Seoul)

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City Hall Station (Seoul)

Seoul City Hall Station
Korean name
Hangul 시청역
Hanja 市廳驛
Revised Romanization Sicheong-yeok
McCune-Reischauer Shich'ŏng-yŏk
Station information
Subway line/station # Line 1 (132)
Line 2 (201)
Station type Underground
Platforms Line 1 — 2 side platforms
Line 2 — 1 island platform
Screen Doors Not Installed
Operator Seoul Metro
Opened August 15, 1974 (Line 1)
May 22, 1984 (Line 2)
Address 31 Taepyeongno 1-ga (Line 1)
27 Seosomun-dong (Line 2)
Jung-gu, Seoul

City Hall Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 1 and Seoul Subway Line 2. As its name suggests, the Seoul City Hall (currently being rebuilt) is located right next to the station. Deoksugung, a historical palace of the Joseon dynasty, is on the other side of the boulevard named Taepyeongno.

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[edit] Places

Seoul Museum of Art is also near. Museum has hosted lots of special exhibitions showing works of Van Gogh, Monet, Rene Magritte and so on.[1] Additionally, Seoul Plaza Hotel is located across city hall.

[edit] Gallery

Ticket machines

Entrance barrier

Line 2 platform

Station corridor
Preceding station   Seoul Metropolitan Subway   Following station
toward Soyosan
 Line 1
toward Incheon or Cheonan
toward City Hall
 Line 2

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official homepage of Seoul Museum of ART http://seoulmoa.seoul.go.kr/html/eng/exhibitions/main.jsp

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