Jamsil station

Jamsil Station (Korean: 잠실역) is an underground station on Line 2 and Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. Lotte World is continuous with the Line 2 station. The station is also called Songpa-gu Office Station (Korean: 송파구청역), due to the proximity of the office building (right outside Exit 10 of the Line 8 station).^[1]

216 잠실 (송파구청) Jamsil (Songpa-gu Office) 814 잠실 (송파구청) Jamsil (Songpa-gu Office)
Station sign (Line 2)
Korean name
Hangul	잠실역
Hanja	蠶室驛
Revised Romanization	Jamsillyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Chamsillyŏk
General information
Location	567 Songpa-daero, 27 Jamsil 5-dong, Songpa District, Seoul[1]
Coordinates	37°30′48″N 127°06′01″E
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 2      Line 8
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Key dates
October 31, 1980[1]	Line 2 opened
November 23, 1996[1]	Line 8 opened
Passengers
(Daily) Line 2: 155,229[2][unreliable source?] (based on 2024 data) Line 8: 20,880[3] (based on 2012 data)
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Jamsillaru Next counter-clockwise Line 2 Jamsilsaenae Next clockwise Mongchontoseong towards Byeollae Line 8 Seokchon towards Moran

Line 2 platform

Line 8 platform

The Line 2 station is located in Jamsil-dong and the Line 8 station is located in Sincheon-dong. Both neighborhoods are within Songpa District, Seoul.

Station layout

Line 2

Jamsillaru ↑

| Outer

↓ Jamsilsaenae

Inner loop	← ● Line 2 toward Chungjeongno
Outer loop	→ ● Line 2 toward City Hall →

Line 8

Mongchontoseong ↑

| N/B

↓ Seokchon

Northbound	← ● Line 8 toward Byeollae
Southbound	→ ● Line 8 toward Moran →

Passenger load

A survey conducted in 2011 by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on 92 Administrative divisions across the country reported that Jamsil Station is the second-busiest public transit stop after Gangnam station. It is followed by Sadang station, Seolleung station and Sillim station.^[4]

In December 2010 the station had the fourth-highest rate of WiFi data consumption of all the Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations, following Express Bus Terminal Station, Sadang station, Dongdaemun station and followed by Jongno 3-ga Station.^[5]

In a Seoul Metro analysis in 2024, Jamsil station became the busiest subway station across the Seoul area, surpassing Gangnam station with an average of 155,229 passengers each day on Line 2 over the course of the first four months in 2024.^[2][6]

Entrance

• Exit 1 : Ways to Bangi dong, Songpa district office, Telecom office of Songpa, Olympic Park
• Exit 2 : Songpa highway, Lotte World Tower Avenuel Jamsil, Seokchon Lake
• Exit 4 : Lotte World,^[7] Lotte Department Store Jamsil
• Exit 10 : Songpa Gu Office