City Hall Station (Seoul)

City Hall Station
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Korean name
Hangul	시청역
Hanja	市廳驛
Revised Romanization	Sicheongyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sich'ŏngyŏk
Railway Services
Daily ridership	Based on Jan–Dec of 2012. Line 1: 44,594 Line 2: 51,185
Line 1
← Jonggak Seoul →
Station number	132
Address	Taepyeongno 1-ga 31, Jung-gu, Seoul
Coordinates
Date opened	August 15, 1974
Type	Underground
Platforms/tracks	2 / 2
Operator	Seoul Metro
Line 2
← Chungjeongno Euljiro 1-ga →
Station number	201
Address	Seosomun-dong 27, Jung-gu, Seoul
Date opened	May 22, 1984
Type	Underground
Platforms/tracks	1 / 2
Operator	Seoul Metro

City Hall Station is a station on Seoul Subway lines 1 (Blue Line) and 2 (Green Line). As its name suggests, Seoul City Hall is located right next to the station. Deoksugung, a historic palace of the Joseon dynasty, is on the other side of the boulevard named Taepyeongno.

Places

Seoul Museum of Art is also nearby. The museum has hosted many special exhibitions showing works of van Gogh, Monet, René Magritte and so on. There are head offices of 3 daily-newspapers, Chosun Ilbo, Donga Ilbo and Kyunghyang Shinmun, near the city hall. Additionally, Seoul Plaza Hotel is located across city hall.

External links

• Seoul Museum of Art
• Deoksugung palace

Preceding station		Seoul Metropolitan Subway		Following station
Jonggak toward Soyosan		Line 1		Seoul toward Incheon or Sinchang
Chungjeongno toward Chungjeongno		Line 2		Euljiro 1-ga toward Chungjeongno