Sangwangsimni station explained

Native Name: 상왕십리 Sangwangsimni Line Name: Line 2 Station Number: 207
Mlanguage:	Child: yes Hangul: 상왕십리역 Mr: Sangwangsimni-yŏk Rr: Sang-wangsimni-yeok
Address:	374 Wangsimni-ro jiha, 946-14 Hawangsimni-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul^[1]
Passengers:	(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 18,887^[2]
Operator:	Seoul Metro
Platforms:	2
Tracks:	2
Structure:	Underground
Opened:	September 16, 1983^[3]

Sangwangsimni Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2 in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

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
Northbound	← toward City Hall (Sindang)
Southbound	toward Chungjeongno (Wangsimni) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Accident

On May 2, 2014 KST, two subway cars collided at Sangwangsimni Station, causing 238 injuries.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 상왕십리역. 서울지명사전. 2016-01-27. Korean.
2. http://www.ktdb.go.kr/en/web/guest/418 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations
3. Web site: 상왕십리역. Doosan Encyclopedia. 2016-01-27. Korean.
4. News: Collision on Seoul's Busiest Subway Line Injures 172. Rose Kim . Seyoon Kim . 3 May 2014. Bloomberg. 2 May 2014.
5. Web site: Jack. Kim. Kahyun. Yang. Subway trains crash in South Korean capital, 200 people hurt. Reuters. May 2, 2014. May 2, 2014.