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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Jamsil Station

Jamsil Station (Korean잠실역) is an underground station on Line 2 and Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. Lotte World is continuous with the Line 2 station. The station is also called Songpa-gu Office Station (Korean송파구청역), due to the proximity of the office building (right outside Exit 10 of the Line 8 station).

The Line 2 station is located in Jamsil-dong and the Line 8 station is located in Sincheon-dong. Both neighborhoods are within Songpa District, Seoul.

Station layout

Line 2

Jamsillaru
Inner | | Outer
Jamsilsaenae
Inner loop Line 2 toward Chungjeongno
Outer loop Line 2 toward City Hall

Line 8

Mongchontoseong
S/B | | N/B
Seokchon
Northbound Line 8 toward Byeollae
Southbound Line 8 toward Moran

Passenger load

A survey conducted in 2011 by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on 92 Administrative divisions across the country reported that Jamsil Station is the second-busiest public transit stop after Gangnam station. It is followed by Sadang station, Seolleung station and Sillim station.

In December 2010 the station had the fourth-highest rate of WiFi data consumption of all the Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations, following Express Bus Terminal Station, Sadang station, Dongdaemun station and followed by Jongno 3-ga Station.

In a Seoul Metro analysis in 2024, Jamsil station became the busiest subway station across the Seoul area, surpassing Gangnam station with an average of 155,229 passengers each day on Line 2 over the course of the first four months in 2024.

Entrance

References

  1. ^ 잠실역 (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  2. ^ Yujin, Lee (May 23, 2024). "Among the subway stations in Seoul, Jamsil Station on Line 2 has the most users. According to the Se." Maeil Business Newspaper. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  3. ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. ^ "Gangnam Busiest Subway Station in Korea". The Chosun Ilbo. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Seoul Subway Line No. 2 Becomes Major WiFi Hotspot". The Chosun Ilbo. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  6. ^ Kyung-don, Nam (June 19, 2024). "[Graphic News] Jamsil overtakes Gangnam as Seoul's busiest subway station". The Korea Herald. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  7. ^ Pamungkas, Charisma (31 July 2019). "Panduan Lotte World". Klook (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 October 2022.