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 Station sign (Line 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 잠실역 | |||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 蠶室驛 | |||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Jamsillyeok | |||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Chamsillyŏk | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 567 Songpa-daero, 27 Jamsil 5-dong, Songpa District, Seoul | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°30′48″N 127°06′01″E / 37.51333°N 127.10028°E / 37.51333; 127.10028 | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Seoul Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 2 Line 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Key dates | ||||||||||||||||
| October 31, 1980 | Line 2 opened | |||||||||||||||
| November 23, 1996 | Line 8 opened | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| (Daily) Line 2: 155,229 (based on 2024 data) Line 8: 20,880 (based on 2012 data) | ||||||||||||||||
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Jamsil Station (Korean: 잠실역) is an underground station on Line 2 and Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. Lotte World is continuous with the Line 2 station. The station is also called Songpa-gu Office Station (Korean: 송파구청역), due to the proximity of the office building (right outside Exit 10 of the Line 8 station).
The Line 2 station is located in Jamsil-dong and the Line 8 station is located in Sincheon-dong. Both neighborhoods are within Songpa District, Seoul.
Station layout
Line 2
| Jamsillaru ↑ |
| Inner | | Outer |
| ↓ Jamsilsaenae |
| Inner loop | ← ● Line 2 toward Chungjeongno |
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| Outer loop | → ● Line 2 toward City Hall → |
Line 8
| Mongchontoseong ↑ |
| S/B | | N/B |
| ↓ Seokchon |
| Northbound | ← ● Line 8 toward Byeollae |
|---|---|
| Southbound | → ● Line 8 toward Moran → |
Passenger load
A survey conducted in 2011 by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on 92 Administrative divisions across the country reported that Jamsil Station is the second-busiest public transit stop after Gangnam station. It is followed by Sadang station, Seolleung station and Sillim station.
In December 2010 the station had the fourth-highest rate of WiFi data consumption of all the Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations, following Express Bus Terminal Station, Sadang station, Dongdaemun station and followed by Jongno 3-ga Station.
In a Seoul Metro analysis in 2024, Jamsil station became the busiest subway station across the Seoul area, surpassing Gangnam station with an average of 155,229 passengers each day on Line 2 over the course of the first four months in 2024.
Entrance
- Exit 1 : Ways to Bangi dong, Songpa district office, Telecom office of Songpa, Olympic Park
- Exit 2 : Songpa highway, Lotte World Tower Avenuel Jamsil, Seokchon Lake
- Exit 4 : Lotte World, Lotte Department Store Jamsil
- Exit 10 : Songpa Gu Office
References
- ^ 잠실역 (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ^ Yujin, Lee (May 23, 2024). "Among the subway stations in Seoul, Jamsil Station on Line 2 has the most users. According to the Se." Maeil Business Newspaper. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
- Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- "Gangnam Busiest Subway Station in Korea". The Chosun Ilbo. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- "Seoul Subway Line No. 2 Becomes Major WiFi Hotspot". The Chosun Ilbo. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- Kyung-don, Nam (June 19, 2024). "[Graphic News] Jamsil overtakes Gangnam as Seoul's busiest subway station". The Korea Herald. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
- Pamungkas, Charisma (31 July 2019). "Panduan Lotte World". Klook (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 October 2022.
