Samseong Station

Not to be confused with Samseong Station (Gyeongsan), Samsong Station, Sanseong Station, or Samsung.

Samseong Station
Samseong Station

Korean name
Hangul	삼 성 역
Hanja	三成驛
Revised Romanization	Samseongnyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Samsŏngnyŏk
General information
Location	172-66 Samseong 1-dong, 538 Teherandaero Jiha, Gangnam-gu, Seoul^[1]
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 2
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Key dates
December 23, 1982^[1]	Line 2 opened
Traffic

Passengers	(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 137,927^[2]

Samseong Station is a station on the 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.

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 of recent 3 years (2013 will be uploaded at the end of this year).

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.^[3]

Station layout

Street level

Exit

L1
Concourse

Lobby

Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs

L2 Platform level	Inner loop	← Line 2 toward Chungjeongno (Seolleung)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Outer loop	→ Line 2 toward City Hall (Sports Complex) →

Vicinity

Exit 1 : Gangnam Police Station, Park Hyatt Hotel
Exit 2 : Russian Embassy of Korea
Exit 3 : Hwimoon Middle & High Schools
Exit 4 : POSCO Center, Daemyeong Middle School
Exit 5 : Korea Air City Terminal, Hyundai Department Store, InterContinental Hotel Grand Seoul Parnas
Exit 6 : COEX Mall (direct passageway), World Trade Center Seoul
Exit 7 : KEPCO Headquarters
Exit 8 : Gangnam Fire Station

References

1 2 "삼성역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
↑ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
↑ Kwon, Sang-soo (12 September 2012). "City designates area by COEX as smoke-free". Joongang Daily. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

Preceding station		Seoul Metropolitan Subway		Following station
Sports Complex toward City Hall		Line 2		Seolleung toward Chungjeongno

Seoul Metropolitan Subway

Line 2

Circle Line	City Hall Euljiro 1-ga Euljiro 3-ga Euljiro 4-ga Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Sindang Sangwangsimni Wangsimni Hanyang Univ. Ttukseom Seongsu Konkuk Univ. Guui Gangbyeon Jamsillaru Jamsil Sincheon Sports Complex Samseong Seolleung Yeoksam Gangnam Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Education Seocho Bangbae Sadang Nakseongdae Seoul Nat'l Univ. Bongcheon Sillim Sindaebang Guro Digital Complex Daerim Sindorim Mullae Yeongdeungpo-gu Office Dangsan Hapjeong Hongik Univ. Sinchon Ewha Womans Univ. Ahyeon Chungjeongno City Hall

Seongsu Branch	Seongsu Yongdap Sindap Yongdu Sinseol-dong

Sinjeong Branch	Sindorim Dorimcheon Yangcheon-gu Office Sinjeongnegeori Kkachisan

Coordinates: 37°30′31.48″N 127°3′48.67″E / 37.5087444°N 127.0635194°E / 37.5087444; 127.0635194

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