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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Jonggak Station

Jonggak Station is a station on the Line 1 of the Seoul Subway in South Korea. It is located on Jongno, central Seoul and comprises a large underground arcade.

Jonggak station in 1972

The second-largest book shop in South Korea, the Bandi & Luni's lying under the Jongno Tower, which in turn is just above this station, is directly accessible from the station.

On every New Year's Day, the bell ceremony (Jeyaeui Jong Tajongsik) is held at Boshingak, the nearby bell pavilion. (The name of the station comes from this pavilion, jong meaning bell and gak pavilion.) At those times the area is so crowded with tens of thousands of Seoulites that trains do not stop at Jonggak as to avoid any accidents.

Station layout

G Street level Exit
L1
Concourse
Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Line 1 platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound Line 1 toward Incheon, Sinchang or Seodongtan (City Hall)
Northbound Line 1 toward Soyosan, Uijeongbu or Kwangwoon University (Jongno 3(sam)-ga)
Side platform, doors will open on the left

Surroundings

The following places are accessible from this station's exits as listed.

References

  1. ^ "종각역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  2. ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

37°34′13″N 126°58′59″E / 37.57028°N 126.98306°E / 37.57028; 126.98306