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Sadang station

Coordinates: 37°28′35.4″N 126°58′53.8″E / 37.476500°N 126.981611°E / 37.476500; 126.981611
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사당
Sadang
사당
Sadang
Station Platform (Line 2)
Korean name
Hangul
사당역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSadang-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSadang-yŏk
General information
Location1129 Sadang-dong,
2089 Nambusunhwanno Jiha,
Dongjak-gu, Seoul,[1] South Korea
Operated bySeoul Metro
Line(s)     Line 2
     Line 4
Platforms3
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Key dates
December 17, 1983[1]     Line 2 opened
October 18, 1985[1]     Line 4 opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 94,735[2]
Line 4: 58,545[2]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Bangbae
Next counter-clockwise
Line 2 Nakseongdae
Next clockwise
Chongshin University
towards Jinjeop
Line 4 Namtaeryeong
towards Oido

Sadang Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2 and Seoul Subway Line 4 in South Korea.

Sadang Station has one island platform for Line 4 and two side platforms for Line 2. The Line 2 platforms of this station were the second in South Korea to have platform screen doors installed, after Yongdu Station and the first to be retrofitted on existing platforms, on October 21, 2005.

Both platform levels are located in Sadang-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul.[3]

Station layout

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G Street level Exit
L1
Concourse
Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Line 2 platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Inner loop Line 2 toward Chungjeongno (Nakseongdae)
Outer loop Line 2 toward City Hall (Bangbae)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
L3
Line 4 platforms
Northbound Line 4 toward Jinjeop (Chongshin Univ.)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound Line 4 toward Oido (Namtaeryeong)

Passenger load

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In a survey conducted in 2011 by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs on 92 administrative divisions across the country, it reported that Sadang Station is the third-busiest public transit stop following Gangnam Station and Jamsil Station. It is followed by Seolleung Station and Sillim Station.[4]

In December 2010 the station is recorded as having the second-highest WiFi data consumption of all the Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations, following Express Bus Terminal Station and followed by Dongdaemun Station, Jamsil Station and Jongno 3(sam)-ga Station.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "사당역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  2. ^ a b Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. ^ "Sadang". Seoul Metro. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  4. ^ "Gangnam Busiest Subway Station in Korea". The Chosun Ilbo. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Seoul Subway Line No. 2 Becomes Major WiFi Hotspot". The Chosun Ilbo. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.

37°28′35.4″N 126°58′53.8″E / 37.476500°N 126.981611°E / 37.476500; 126.981611