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| Address: | 1053 Banpo bon-dong Seocho-gu, Seoul | ||||||||
| Operator: | Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation | ||||||||
| Platforms: | 2 (2 side platforms) | ||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||
| Bus Routes: | 148 360 361 362 406 462 540 640 642 643 4212 4318 4425 6411 9408 9500 9501 6000 | ||||||||
| Structure: | Underground | ||||||||
| Years: | June 24, 2009 | ||||||||
| Events: | opened | ||||||||
Gubanpo Station is a railway station on Line 9 of the Seoul Subway.
Prior to the opening of Line 9, it was planned to be called Seoritgae Station, but the name was changed due to various reasons posed by local residents.
Gubanpo Station is a station located at 1053 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul. It opened on July 24, 2009 with the opening of Phase 1 of Seoul Subway Line 9 . It is the 25th station from the starting/ending point, Gaehwa, and is 4 stations from Sinnonhyeon Station, the last station of Phase 1. It is 1.0 km from Dongjak Station, which is a transfer station with Line 4. It is also 1.5 km from Express Bus Terminal Station, where you can transfer to Lines 3 and 7.
Gubanpo Station was originally planned to be named Seoritgae Station but was named Gubanpo Station because 6,700 residents disagreed naming the station by Seoritgae. (Seoritgae means ‘A stream of water flows round and round”. (.)) There were three reasons why residents did not like the name Seoritgae.
1. The Gubanpo area was never called ‘Seoritgae’ before and could actually confuse people with Seorae Village nearby.2. Seoritgae ends with ‘-gae’(‘-개’) which stands for ‘dog’ with may make people think of it as a bad word.3. The name has a bad connotation because Seori in Korean means ‘to raid on a person's property out of a mischievous motive.
Because of these reasons, residents requested to change the name to Gubanpo Station or Banpo-bon Dong Station and the name was changed to Gubanpo after a discussion.
People who agreed with the name ‘Seoritgae’ said that it could be chaotic because there would 3 stations in the area with the name ‘Banpo’, which are Gubanpo, Sinbanpo, and Banpo.
| G | Street level | Exit |
| L1 Concourse | Lobby | Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs |
| L2 Platform level | Side platform, doors will open on the right |
| Westbound | ← toward Gaehwa (Dongjak) ← does not stop here |
| Eastbound | toward VHS Medical Center (Sinbanpo) → does not stop here → |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right |