Seolleung station explained
| Native Name: | 선릉 (애큐온저축은행) | Seolleung
(Acuon Savings Bank) | | Line Name: | Line 2 | | Station Number: | 220 |
| Native Name: | 선릉 | | Seolleung | | Station Number: | K215 |
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| Mlanguage: | | Child: | yes | | Hangul: | 선릉역 | | Mr: | Sŏllŭng-yŏk | | Rr: | Seolleung-yeok |
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| Address: | 143-42 Samseong 2-dong,
340 Teherandaero Jiha,
Gangnam-gu, Seoul[1] [2] |
| Passengers: | (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 117,787[3]
Bundang Line: 15,715 |
| Operator: | Seoul Metro
Korail |
| Lines: |
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| Platforms: | 4 |
| Tracks: | 4 |
| Structure: | Underground |
| Years: | December 23, 1982 |
| Events: | opened |
| Years2: | September 3, 2003 |
| Events2: | opened |
| Services Collapsible: | yes |
Seolleung Station is a Seoul Subway station that serves Line 2 and the Suin–Bundang Line. The station is named after the nearby Seonjeongneung, Joseon Dynasty royal tombs Seolleung (선릉, 宣陵) and Jeongneung (정릉, 靖陵).
On Line 2, the preceding and following stations are Yeoksam Station and Samseong Station. On the Suin-Bundang Line these are Seonjeongneung Station, which connects with Line 9, and Hanti Station.
Facilities
- In 2011, retailer Home plus opened the world's first virtual supermarket in the station, where smartphone users can photograph the bar codes of life-size pictures, on the walls and platform screen doors, of 500 items of food, toiletries, electronics etc., for delivery within the same day.[4] [5] However, the Home plus virtual supermarket is currently closed and no longer exists(2023).
- There is a convenience store called Storyway near Suin–Bundang Line ticket gate.
- Restrooms are located outside the ticket gate, and there are a total of two, one near Line 2 ticket gate and the other near Suin–Bundang Line ticket gate.
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 Seolleung Station is the fourth-busiest public transit stop following Gangnam Station, Jamsil Station, Sadang Station; and followed by Sillim Station.[6]
References
37.5045°N 127.049°W
Notes and References
- Web site: 선릉역. Doosan Encyclopedia. 2016-02-16. Korean.
- Web site: 선릉역. 서울지명사전. 2016-02-16. Korean.
- http://www.ktdb.go.kr/en/web/guest/418 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations
- News: Murthy. Rishika. Seoul's 6 coolest subway stops. 26 February 2013. CNN Travel. 22 September 2011.
- News: Strother. Jason. Shopping by phone at South Korea's virtual grocery. 3 April 2013. BBC News. 21 October 2011.
- News: Gangnam Busiest Subway Station in Korea. 25 April 2012. The Chosun Ilbo. 23 April 2012.
