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Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station

Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station
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Line 4
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Dongdaemun-nyeoksa-munhwa-gongwon-nyeok
McCune–Reischauer Tongdaemun-nyŏksa-munhwa-gongwŏn-nyŏk
General information
Location 1 Euljiro 7-ga,
Jung-gu, Seoul
Coordinates 37°33′54″N 127°00′28″E / 37.56500°N 127.00778°E / 37.56500; 127.00778Coordinates: 37°33′54″N 127°00′28″E / 37.56500°N 127.00778°E / 37.56500; 127.00778
Operated by Seoul Metro, SMRT
Line(s)      Line 2
     Line 4
     Line 5
Platforms 4
Tracks 6
Construction
Structure type Underground
Key dates
16 September 1983      Line 2 opened
18 October 1985      Line 4 opened
30 December 1996      Line 5 opened
Traffic
Passengers (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 34,683
Line 4: 41,259
Line 5: 5,836

Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station (formerly Dongdaemun Stadium Station) is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2, Line 4 and Line 5. The huge Dongdaemun Market district is centered on this station and Dongdaemun Station, located to the north across Cheonggyecheon.

The Line 2 station is located in Euljiro-7-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, and the Line 4 and 5 stations are located in Gwanghui-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul.

This station is also known to have the highest train-platform gap related accidents in the entire country of South Korea with the total of 42 feet accidents each year.


The headquarters of South Korean food company CJ Cheil Jedang is in the CJ Cheiljedang Building in Ssangnim-dong, Jung-gu, nearby to the station.


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