Seoul Subway Line 2
Line 2 | |
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Overview | |
Native name | 2호선(二號線) I Hoseon |
Status | Operational |
Termini | City Hall / Seongsu / Sindorim City Hall / Sinseol-dong / Kkachisan |
Stations | 51 |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | Seoul Metropolitan Subway |
Operator(s) | Seoul Metro |
History | |
Opened | October 31, 1980 |
Technical | |
Line length | 60.2 km (37.4 mi) |
Number of tracks | 2 |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
Seoul Subway Line 2 (Korean: 서울 지하철 2호선), also known as the Circle Line, is a circular line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The line running clockwise is called the "inner circle line" and the counter-clockwise line is called the "outer circle line". This is Seoul's most heavily used line, and consists of the main loop (47.7 km), the Seongsu Branch (5.4 km) and the Sinjeong Branch (6.0 km) for a total line length of 60.2 km. The Line 2 loop is the second longest subway loop in the world after Beijing Subway Line 10.[1] In 2019, Line 2 had an annual ridership of 812 million passengers or 2.2 million passengers per day.[2]
Headways on the line vary from 2 minutes 18 seconds on peak periods [3] and 5–6 minutes off-peak periods. The line connects the city centre to Gangnam, Teheran Valley and the COEX/KWTC complex.
History[]
Line 2 was built in 1978–84 together with the Seongsu Branch (the second Sinjeong Branch was built 1989–95). Dangsan bridge was closed for reconstruction in 1996 and reopened November 22, 1999. The old steel girder bridge was replaced by a 1.3-kilometre (0.81 mi) long concrete bridge between Dangsan on the southern side of the river and Hapjeong on the northern bank.
Yongdu station on the Seongsu Branch (between Sindap and Sinseol stations) is the first station in the Seoul Subway system with operating platform screen doors. As of 2008 platform screen doors are operating at all stations along Line 2. New rolling stock has also progressively came on line, replacing older vehicles.
- October 31, 1980: Sinseol-dong – Sports Complex (via Seongsu) section opened
- December 23, 1982: Sports Complex – Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Education section opened
- September 16, 1983: Euljiro 1-ga – Seongsu section opened; Sinseol-dong – Seongsu section separated as Seongsu Branch
- December 17, 1983: Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Education – Seoul Nat'l University section opened
- May 22, 1984: Seoul Nat'l University – Euljiro 1-ga (via Sindorim) section opened; Circle Line completed
- May 22, 1992: Sindorim – Yangcheon-gu Office section opened as Sinjeong Branch
- February 29, 1996: Sinjeongnegeori Station opened as extension of Sinjeong Branch
- March 20, 1996: Kkachisan Station opened as extension of Sinjeong Branch
- October 20, 2005: Yongdu Station opened on the Seongsu Branch
Facilities[]
In December 2010 the line is recorded as having the highest WiFi data consumption in the Seoul Metropolitan area. It averaged 2.56 times more than the other 14 subway lines fitted with WiFi service zones.[4]
In 2011, retailer Home plus opened the world's first virtual supermarket at Seolleung station, where smartphone users can photograph the bar code of life-size pictures, on the walls and platform screen doors, of 500 items of food, toiletries, electronics etc., for delivery within the same day.[5]
Stations[]
Main Line[]
Station
Number |
Station Name
English |
Station Name
Hangul |
Station Name
Hanja |
Transfer
|
Distance
in km |
Total
Distance |
Location
| ||
201
|
City Hall | 시청 | 市廳 | ---
|
0.0
|
Jung-gu
| |||
202
|
Euljiro 1(il)-ga (Industrial Bank of Korea) |
을지로입구 | 乙支路入口 | 0.7
|
0.7
| ||||
203
|
Euljiro 3(sam)-ga | 을지로3가 | 乙支路3街 | 0.8
|
1.5
| ||||
204
|
Euljiro 4(sa)-ga | 을지로4가 | 乙支路4街 | 0.6
|
2.1
| ||||
205
|
Dongdaemun History & Culture Park (DDP) |
동대문역사문화공원 | 東大門歷史文化公園 | 1.0
|
3.1
| ||||
206
|
Sindang | 신당 | 新堂 | 0.9
|
4.0
| ||||
207
|
Sangwangsimni | 상왕십리 | 上往十里 | 0.9
|
4.9
|
Seongdong-gu
| |||
208
|
Wangsimni (Seongdong-gu Office) |
왕십리 (성동구청) |
往十里 (城東區廳) |
0.8
|
5.7
| ||||
209
|
Hanyang University | 한양대 | 漢陽大 | 1.0
|
6.7
| ||||
210
|
Ttukseom | 뚝섬 | 뚝섬 | 1.1
|
7.8
| ||||
211
|
Seongsu | 성수 | 聖水 | (Seongsu branch) | 0.8
|
8.6
| |||
212
|
Konkuk University | 건대입구 | 建大入口 | 1.2
|
9.8
|
Gwangjin-gu
| |||
213
|
Guui (Gwangjin-gu Office) |
구의 (광진구청) |
九宜 (廣津區廳) |
1.6
|
11.4
| ||||
214
|
Gangbyeon (Dongseoul Bus Terminal) |
강변 (동서울터미널) |
江邊 (東서울터미널) |
0.9
|
12.3
| ||||
215
|
Jamsillaru | 잠실나루 | 蠶室나루 | 1.8
|
14.1
|
Songpa-gu
| |||
216
|
Jamsil (Songpa-gu Office) |
잠실 (송파구청) |
蠶室 (松坡區廳) |
1.0
|
15.1
| ||||
217
|
Jamsilsaenae | 잠실새내 | 蠶室새내 | 1.2
|
16.3
| ||||
218
|
Sports Complex | 종합운동장 | 綜合運動場 | 1.2
|
17.5
| ||||
219
|
Samseong (World Trade Center Seoul) |
삼성 (무역센터) |
三成 (貿易센터) |
1.0
|
18.5
|
Gangnam-gu
| |||
220
|
Seolleung | 선릉 | 宣陵 | 1.3
|
19.8
| ||||
221
|
Yeoksam (Centerfield) |
역삼 | 驛三 | 1.2
|
21.0
| ||||
222
|
Gangnam | 강남 | 江南 | 0.8
|
21.8
| ||||
223
|
Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Education (Court & Prosecutor's Office) |
교대 (법원·검찰청) |
敎大 (法院·檢察廳) |
1.2
|
23.0
|
Seocho-gu
| |||
224
|
Seocho | 서초 | 瑞草 | 0.7
|
23.7
| ||||
225
|
Bangbae (Baekseok Arts Univ.) |
방배 | 方背 | 1.7
|
25.4
| ||||
226
|
Sadang (Daehang Hospital) |
사당 | 舍堂 | 1.6
|
27.0
|
Dongjak-gu
| |||
227
|
Nakseongdae (Ganggamchan) |
낙성대 | 落星垈 | 1.7
|
28.7
|
Gwanak-gu
| |||
228
|
Seoul National University (Gwanak-gu Office) |
서울대입구 (관악구청) |
서울大入口 (冠岳區廳) |
1.0
|
29.7
| ||||
229
|
Bongcheon | 봉천 | 奉天 | 1.0
|
30.7
| ||||
230
|
Sillim (Yangji Hospital) |
신림 | 新林 | Sillim Line (2022) | 1.1
|
31.8
| |||
231
|
Sindaebang | 신대방 | 新大方 | 1.8
|
33.6
|
Dongjak-gu
| |||
232
|
Guro Digital Complex (Wonkwang Digital Univ.) |
구로디지털단지 | 九老디지털團地 | 1.1
|
34.7
|
Guro-gu
| |||
233
|
Daerim (Guro-gu Office) |
대림 (구로구청) |
大林 (九老區廳) |
1.1
|
35.8
| ||||
234
|
Sindorim | 신도림 | 新道林 | (Sinjeong branch) | 1.8
|
37.6
| |||
235
|
Mullae | 문래 | 文來 | 1.2
|
38.8
|
Yeongdeungpo-gu
| |||
236
|
Yeongdeungpo-gu Office | 영등포구청 | 永登浦區廳 | 0.9
|
39.7
| ||||
237
|
Dangsan | 당산 | 堂山 | 1.1
|
40.8
| ||||
238
|
Hapjeong (Holt Children's Services Inc.) |
합정 | 合井 | 2.0
|
42.8
|
Mapo-gu
| |||
239
|
Hongik University | 홍대입구 | 弘大入口 | 1.1
|
43.9
| ||||
240
|
Sinchon | 신촌 | 新村 | 1.3
|
45.2
| ||||
241
|
Ewha Womans University | 이대 | 梨大 | 0.8
|
46.0
| ||||
242
|
Ahyeon (Chugye Univ. for the Arts) |
아현 | 阿峴 | 0.9
|
46.9
| ||||
243
|
Chungjeongno (Kyonggi University) |
충정로 (경기대입구) |
忠正路 (京畿大入口) |
0.8
|
47.7
|
Seodaemun-gu
|
Seongsu Branch[]
Station
Number |
Station Name
English |
Station Name
Hangul |
Station Name
Hanja |
Transfer
|
Distance
in km |
Total
Distance |
Location
| ||
211
|
Seongsu | 성수 | 聖水 | (Main Line) | ---
|
0.0
|
Seongdong-gu
| ||
211-1
|
Yongdap | 용답 | 龍踏 | 2.3
|
2.3
| ||||
211-2
|
Sindap | 신답 | 新踏 | 1.0
|
3.3
| ||||
211-3
|
Yongdu (Dongdaemun-gu Office) |
용두 (동대문구청) |
龍頭 (東大門區廳) |
0.9
|
4.2
|
Dongdaemun-gu
| |||
211-4
|
Sinseol-dong | 신설동 | 新設洞 | 1.2
|
5.4
| ||||
Sinjeong Branch[]
Station
Number |
Station Name
English |
Station Name
Hangul |
Station Name
Hanja |
Transfer
|
Distance
in km |
Total
Distance |
Location
| ||
234
|
Sindorim | 신도림 | 新道林 | (Main Line) | ---
|
0.0
|
Guro-gu
| ||
234-1
|
Dorimcheon | 도림천 | 道林川 | 1.0
|
1.0
| ||||
234-2
|
Yangcheon-gu Office | 양천구청 | 陽川區廳 | 1.7
|
2.7
|
Yangcheon-gu
| |||
234-3
|
Sinjeongnegeori | 신정네거리 | 新亭네거리 | 1.9
|
4.6
| ||||
234-4
|
Kkachisan | 까치산 | 까치山 | 1.4
|
6.0
|
Gangseo-gu
| |||
Extension[]
There is a possible extension currently in the conception stage to extend the Sinjeong Branch to 3.7 km to Gayang Station on Line 9. The path would include a new station named Gangseo-gu Office in between Kkachisan and Gayang.[6]
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See also[]
- Subways in South Korea
- List of Korea-related topics
- Seoul Metropolitan Subway
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seoul Subway Line 2. |
- ^ "Beijing Subway Line 10: "If you like it then you should have put a ring round it"". December 9, 2012.
- ^ "서울시 지하철수송 통계". data.seoul.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ^ [사회]서울 지하철2호선 출근길 배차간격 12초 짧아져. Ytn.co.kr (2010-11-22). Retrieved on 2013-07-12.
- ^ "Seoul Subway Line No. 2 Becomes Major WiFi Hotspot". Chosun Ilbo. December 24, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ^ Murthy, Rishika (September 22, 2011). "Seoul's 6 coolest subway stops". CNN Travel. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
- ^ Han, Woojin (February 1, 2012). "서울지하철 2호선 신정지선 연장" (Korean Language). 미래 철도 DB. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
External links[]
- Seoul Subway Line 2
- Seoul Metropolitan Subway lines
- Railway loop lines
- Railway lines opened in 1980
- 1980 establishments in South Korea