City Hall station (Seoul)

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City Hall
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	Station Platform (Line 2)
Korean name
Hangul	시청역
Hanja	市廳驛
Revised Romanization	Sicheongyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sich'ŏngyŏk
General information
Location	Taepyeongno 1-ga 31, ; Jung-gu, Seoul
Coordinates	37°33′53″N 126°58′37″E / 37.56472°N 126.97694°ECoordinates: 37°33′53″N 126°58′37″E / 37.56472°N 126.97694°E
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 1; Line 2
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	August 15, 1974 (); May 22, 1984 ()
Passengers
	(Daily) Based on Jan–Dec of 2012; Line 1: 44,594; Line 2: 51,185
Services

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

Places[]

Seoul Museum of Art is also nearby. The museum has hosted many special exhibitions, including those of the works of van Gogh, Monet, and René Magritte.^[2] The head offices of three daily newspapers, The Chosun Ilbo, The Dong-a Ilbo and Kyunghyang Shinmun, are near the city hall. Seoul Plaza Hotel is located across from the city hall.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
^ Official homepage of Seoul Museum of ART "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[KTDB_smesrs-1] Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

[2] Official homepage of Seoul Museum of ART "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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