Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station

Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2, Line 4 and Line 5. The huge Dongdaemun Market district is centered on this station and Dongdaemun Station, located to the north across Cheonggyecheon.[3]

205 / 422 / 536 Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station
Station Sign (Line 4)
Korean name
Hangul	동대문역사문화공원역
Hanja	東大門歷史文化公園驛
Revised Romanization	Dongdaemun-nyeoksa-munhwa-gongwon-nyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Tongdaemun-nyŏksa-munhwa-gongwŏn-nyŏk
General information
Location	1 Euljiro 7-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul[1]
Coordinates	37°33′54″N 127°00′28″E
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 2      Line 4      Line 5
Platforms	4
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Previous names	Dongdaemun Stadium
Key dates
16 September 1983[1]	Line 2 opened
18 October 1985[1]	Line 4 opened
30 December 1996[1]	Line 5 opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 34,683[2] Line 4: 41,259[2] Line 5: 5,836[2]
Services Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Euljiro 4-ga Next counter-clockwise Line 2 Sindang Next clockwise Dongdaemun towards Danggogae Line 4 Chungmuro towards Oido Euljiro 4-ga towards Banghwa Line 5 Cheonggu towards Macheon or Hanam Pungsan

The Line 2 station is located in Euljiro-7-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, and the Line 4 and 5 stations are located in Gwanghui-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul.

This station is also known to have the highest train-platform gap related accidents in the entire country of South Korea with the total of 365 feet accidents each year.[4]

This station's Line 5 Transfer passageway was closed from 18 July 2018 to 20 September 2018 because of construction-related work.[5]

Vicinity

• Exit 1 : Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park
• Exit 2 : Hanyang Middle & Technical High Schools
• Exit 13 : National Medical Center
• Exit 14 : Cheonggyecheon

The headquarters of South Korean food company CJ Cheil Jedang is in the CJ Cheiljedang Building in Ssangnim-dong, Jung-gu, nearby to the station.[6]

References

1. "동대문역사문화공원역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
2. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
3. "Dongdaemun Market Description". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 5 March 2010
4. "지하철역 승강장 틈 발빠진 사고 5년간 327건". 서울신문. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
5. "Beware: Dongdaemun station to shut transfer passageway to Line 5". The Korea Times. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
6. "Company location". CJ Cheil Jedang. Retrieved 9 October 2012.