Dongdaemun station

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]

128 동대문 Dongdaemun 421 동대문 Dongdaemun
Station Platform (Line 4)
Korean name
Hangul	동대문역
Hanja	東大門驛
Revised Romanization	Dongdaemun-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Tongdaemun-yŏk
General information
Location	552 Changsin 1-dong, 302 Jongno Jiha, Jongno-gu, Seoul[1]
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 1      Line 4
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Key dates
August 15, 1974[1]	Line 1 opened
October 18, 1985[1]	Line 4 opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 34,446[2] Line 4: 55,294[2]
Services Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Dongmyo towards Yeoncheon Line 1 Jongno 5(o)-ga towards Incheon Dongmyo towards Uijeongbu or Kwangwoon University Jongno 5(o)-ga towards Sinchang or Seodongtan Dongmyo towards Dongducheon Line 1 Gyeongwon Express Jongno 5(o)-ga towards Incheon Dongmyo towards Cheongnyangni Line 1 Gyeongbu Express Jongno 5(o)-ga towards Sinchang Hyehwa towards Jinjeop Line 4 Dongdaemun History & Culture Park towards Oido

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

• Changsin-dong Toy Wholesale Market - the largest toy and stationery market in Korea since 1975^[5][6]
• Seoul City Wall Museum

References

1. "동대문역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
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. "Dongdaemun Market". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
4. "Seoul Subway Line No. 2 Becomes Major WiFi Hotspot". The Chosun Ilbo. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
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. "Changsin-dong Toy Wholesale Market". Seoul City Tourism. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

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