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Dongdaemun station

Dongdaemun station

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Not to be confused with Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station.

Dongdaemun (Korean: 동대문; Hanja: 東大門; lit. East Great Gate) station is a station on Line 1 and Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. Sometimes called Dong Station, it is named after one of the Four Great Gates of the circular wall surrounding ancient Seoul, and is situated on the eastern end of Jongno ("Bell Street"). This station is also close to Dongdaemun Market.[3]

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In December 2010 the station is recorded as having the third highest WiFi data consumption of all the Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations, following Express Bus Terminal station, Sadang station, and followed by Jamsil station and Jongno 3(sam)-ga station.[4]

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 (Jongno 5(o)-ga) →
Northbound ← Line 1 toward Yeoncheon, Uijeongbu or Kwangwoon University (Dongmyo)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
L2
Line 4 platforms		 Northbound ← Line 4 toward Jinjeop (Hyehwa)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound → Line 4 toward Oido (Dongdaemun History & Culture Park) →

Vicinity

References

  1. [1]
    "동대문역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  2. [2]
    Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. [3]
    "Dongdaemun Market". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  4. [4]
    "Seoul Subway Line No. 2 Becomes Major WiFi Hotspot". The Chosun Ilbo. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  5. [5]
    Baik, Sung-ho (18 November 2001). "At Changsin-dong, Toys 'R' Them". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. [6]
    "Changsin-dong Toy Wholesale Market". Seoul City Tourism. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
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