Station on the Seoul Subway
Samseong Station
is a station on
Seoul Subway Line 2
. It serves the eastern area of
Teheranno
. Some of the more famous buildings near the station include
World Trade Center Seoul
,
COEX Mall
,
Korea Electric Power (KEPCO)
headquarters, Korea Air City Terminal (buses run from here to
Incheon
and
Gimpo
Airports, and vice versa), and Gangnam main police and fire stations. Due to security concerns, the station was closed during the
G20 summit
and the
2012 Nuclear Security Summit
, as this station is directly connected with
COEX
.
The ridership of this station is very high, consistently ranking among the five most heavily used subway stations in Korea.
The table below shows the average daily ridership between 2010 and 2012.
Year
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
Ridership
|
69,863
|
70,501
|
68,002
|
Although the name of this station shares its pronunciation with the company
Samsung
, the
Hanja
for the company (三星) and the station (三成) are different, so there is no relation between the two.
The 836-meter (914-yard) section of sidewalk along Yeongdong Boulevard from exit No.5 of this station, outside
COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
and
ASEM Tower
is designated as a smoke-free zone by the
Seoul Metropolitan Government
.
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Station layout
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B1
Concourse
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Lobby
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Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
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Vicinity
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References
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Circle Line
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Seongsu Branch
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Sinjeong Branch
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37°30′31.48″N
127°3′48.67″E
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37.5087444°N 127.0635194°E
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37.5087444; 127.0635194