Seolleung station

Coordinates: 37°30′16.02″N 127°2′56.35″E / 37.5044500°N 127.0489861°E / 37.5044500; 127.0489861
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선릉 (애큐온저축은행)
Seolleung
(Acuon Savings Bank)
선릉
Seolleung
Station Sign (Line 2)
Korean name
Hangul
선릉역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeolleung-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSŏllŭng-yŏk
General information
Location143-42
Gangnam-gu, Seoul[1][2]
Operated bySeoul Metro
Korail
Line(s)     Line 2
     Suin–Bundang Line
Platforms4
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Key dates
December 23, 1982[1]     Line 2 opened
September 3, 2003[1]     Suin–Bundang Line opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 117,787[3]
Bundang Line: 15,715[3]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Samseong
Next counter-clockwise
Line 2 Yeoksam
Next clockwise
Seonjeongneung Suin–Bundang Line
Incheon

Seolleung Station is a

Joseon Dynasty
royal tombs Seolleung (선릉, 宣陵) and Jeongneung (정릉, 靖陵).

On Line 2, the preceding and following stations are

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).[citation needed
    ]
  • 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

Sillim Station.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "선릉역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  2. ^ "선릉역" (in Korean). 서울지명사전. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  3. ^ a b Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. ^ Murthy, Rishika (22 September 2011). "Seoul's 6 coolest subway stops". CNN Travel. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  5. ^ Strother, Jason (21 October 2011). "Shopping by phone at South Korea's virtual grocery". BBC News. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Gangnam Busiest Subway Station in Korea". The Chosun Ilbo. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.

37°30′16.02″N 127°2′56.35″E / 37.5044500°N 127.0489861°E / 37.5044500; 127.0489861