Sadang station

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

226 / 433 Sadang (Daehang Hospital) Station
Station Platform (Line 2)
Korean name
Hangul	사당역
Hanja	舍堂驛
Revised Romanization	Sadang-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sadang-yŏk
General information
Location	1129 Sadang-dong, 2089 Nambusunhwanno Jiha, Dongjak-gu, Seoul,[1] South Korea
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 2      Line 4
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
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 Danggogae Line 4 Namtaeryeong towards Oido

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 first in South Korea to have platform screen doors installed, on October 21, 2005. This station is the southern terminus for Line 4 trains that belong to the Seoul Metro.

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

Station layout

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 Danggogae (Chongshin Univ.)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→ Line 4 toward Oido (Namtaeryeong) →

Passenger load

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

1. "사당역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
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. "Sadang". Seoul Metro. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
4. "Gangnam Busiest Subway Station in Korea". Chosun Ilbo. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
5. "Seoul Subway Line No. 2 Becomes Major WiFi Hotspot". Chosun Ilbo. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.