Singil station

Singil Station (pronounced shin-gill) is a station on the Seoul Subway's Line 1 and 5.

138 신길 Singil 525 신길 Singil
Korean name
Hangul	신길역
Hanja	新吉驛
Revised Romanization	Sin-gil-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sin'gil-yŏk
General information
Location	327 Yeongdeungporo, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul[1][2]
Operated by	Korail, Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Gyeongbu Line      Line 5
Platforms	5
Tracks	6
Key dates
April 30, 1997[1][2]	Line 1 opened
August 12, 1996[1][2]	Line 5 opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 20,334[3] Line 5: 5,130[3]
Services Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Daebang towards Soyosan Line 1 Yeongdeungpo towards Incheon Daebang towards Uijeongbu or Kwangwoon University Yeongdeungpo towards Sinchang or Seodongtan Daebang towards Dongducheon Line 1 Gyeongwon Express Yeongdeungpo towards Incheon Daebang towards Cheongnyangni Line 1 Gyeongbu Express Yeongdeungpo towards Sinchang Yeongdeungpo Market towards Banghwa Line 5 Yeouido towards Hanam Geomdansan or Macheon

The transfer distance between the platforms on Lines 1 and 5 are fairly long, around 260 meters.^[2] The Line 1 station is the first aboveground station in South Korea to have operating platform screen doors.^[4]

On April 14, 2020, at 6:28 a.m., a Korail K1008 express electric train bound for Yongsan station has derailed 300 meters near Singil station due to a defect that damaged the axle. There was no casualties, but train operations in Line 1, Gyeongin Line and Gyeongbu line are affected.^[5][6]