Seolleung station

220 선릉 (애큐온저축은행) Seolleung (Acuon Savings Bank) K215 선릉 Seolleung
Station Sign (Line 2)
Korean name
Hangul	선릉역
Hanja	宣陵驛
Revised Romanization	Seolleung-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏllŭng-yŏk
General information
Location	143-42 Samseong 2-dong, 340 Teherandaero Jiha, Gangnam-gu, Seoul[1][2]
Operated by	Seoul Metro Korail
Line(s)	Line 2      Suin–Bundang Line
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
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 towards Wangsimni or Cheongnyangni Suin–Bundang Line Hanti towards Incheon

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).^{[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 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

1. "선릉역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
2. "선릉역" (in Korean). 서울지명사전. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
3. 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.

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