8-575: Sinchon Station is a station on Line 2 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway in Mapo-gu , north of the Han River . It is located between Hongik University Station and Ewha Womans University Station . It is the closest station to Sogang University , Yonsei University , Hyundai Department Store Sinchon, and Seoul Korea Temple . The area between the station and the front gate of Yonsei University
16-417: A total line length of 60.2 km (37.4 mi). The Line 2 loop is the third longest subway loop in the world after Moscow Metro Bolshaya Koltsevaya line and Beijing Subway Line 10 . In 2019, Line 2 had an annual ridership of 812 million passengers or 2.2 million passengers per day. Headways on the line vary from 2 minutes 18 seconds on peak periods and 5–6 minutes off-peak periods. The line connects
24-573: Is known simply as Sinchon-dong , and is a mecca of nightlife in Seoul, being packed with restaurants, pubs and bars that draw young adults from all over. This station is also in the vicinity of a bus terminal offering service to cities in northwestern Gyeonggi province , including Ilsan , Gimpo , and Ganghwa . This Seoul Metropolitan Subway station article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Seoul Subway Line 2 Seoul Subway Line 2 ( Korean : 서울 지하철 2호선 ), also known as
32-574: The Circle Line , is a circular line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway . The line running clockwise is called the "inner circle line" and the counter-clockwise line is called the "outer circle line". This is Seoul's most heavily used line, and consists of the main loop (48.8 km (30.3 mi)), the Seongsu Branch (5.4 km (3.4 mi)) and the Sinjeong Branch (6.0 km (3.7 mi)) for
40-590: The city centre to Gangnam , Teheran Valley and the COEX / KWTC complex. In 1972, then- Mayor of Seoul Koo Ja-choon [ ko ] (1932–1996) changed the existing plans for the Seoul Subway to better enable connectivity around the growing Seoul City and allow for development to take place across the Seoul Capital Area . Line 2 was built in 1978–84 together with the Seongsu Branch (the second Sinjeong Branch
48-535: The line is recorded as having the highest WiFi data consumption in the Seoul Metropolitan area. It averaged 2.56 times more than the other 14 subway lines fitted with WiFi service zones. In 2011, retailer Homeplus opened the world's first virtual supermarket at Seolleung station , where smartphone users can photograph the bar code of life-size pictures, on the walls and platform screen doors, of 500 items of food, toiletries, electronics etc., for delivery within
56-778: The same day. All stations on all branches are in Seoul. There is a possible extension currently in the conception stage to extend the Sinjeong Branch to 3.7 km to Gayang Station on Line 9. The path would include a new station named Gangseo-gu Office in between Kkachisan and Gayang. Five generations of Seoul Metro 2000 series trains have been used on Seoul Subway Line 2. As of November 2024, only third, fourth and fifth batch 2000 series trains are in operation (manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and Dawonsys respectively), since all first ( MELCO thyristor chopper control) and second batch ( GEC Traction / Alstom thyristor chopper control) trains have been retired between 2008 and 2023. All trains are stored and maintained at Sindap Depot on
64-635: Was built 1989–95). Dangsan bridge was closed for reconstruction in 1996 and reopened November 22, 1999. The old steel girder bridge was replaced by a 1.3-kilometre (0.81 mi) long concrete bridge between Dangsan on the southern side of the river and Hapjeong on the northern bank. Yongdu station on the Seongsu Branch (between Sindap and Sinseol stations) is the first station in the Seoul Subway system with operating platform screen doors . As of 2008 platform screen doors are operating at all stations along Line 2. New rolling stock has also progressively came on line, replacing older vehicles. In December 2010
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