Nakseongdae station

Nakseongdae Station (Korean pronunciation: [naks͈ʌŋdɛ]) is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2. This station is named after a nearby place called Nakseongdae (落星垈), which literally means 'the site of the fallen star' and is the birthplace of the great Goryeo general Gang Gam-chan,[3] best known for his heroics against an invading Khitan force in the Battle of Gwiju.

227 Nakseongdae Station
Station platform
Korean name
Hangul	낙성대역
Hanja	落星垈驛
Revised Romanization	Nakseongdae-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Naksŏngdae-yŏk
General information
Location	1693-39 Bongcheon-dong, 1928 Nambusunhwanno Jiha, Gwanak-gu, Seoul[1]
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 2
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	December 17, 1983[1]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 61,313[2]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Sadang Next counter-clockwise Line 2 Seoul National University Next clockwise

This station is located in Bongcheon-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul.

Station layout

G

Street level

Exit

L1 Concourse

Lobby

Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs

L2 Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Inner loop	← Line 2 toward Chungjeongno (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
	Outer loop	→ Line 2 toward City Hall (Sadang) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

1. "낙성대역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
2. Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
3. "Nakseongdae". Seoul Metro. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-06-18.