Singil station

Singil Station (pronounced sin-gill) is a station on the Seoul Subway's Line 1 and 5.

138 / 525 Singil Station
Korean name
Hangul	신길역
Hanja	新吉驛
Revised Romanization	Sin-gil-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sin'gil-yŏk
General information
Location	327 Yeongdeungporo, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul[1][2]
Operated by	Korail, Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 1      Line 5
Platforms	5
Tracks	6
Key dates
April 30, 1997[1][2]	Line 1 opened
August 12, 1996[1][2]	Line 5 opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 1: 20,334[3] Line 5: 5,130[3]
Services Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Daebang towards Soyosan Line 1 Yeongdeungpo towards Sinchang or Incheon Daebang towards Dongducheon Line 1 Gyeongwon Express Yeongdeungpo towards Incheon Daebang towards Cheongnyangni Line 1 Gyeongbu Express Yeongdeungpo towards Sinchang Yeongdeungpo Market towards Banghwa Line 5 Yeouido towards Macheon or Hanam Pungsan

The transfer distance between the platforms on Lines 1 and 5 are fairly long, around 260 metres.[2] The Line 1 station is the first aboveground station in South Korea to have operating platform screen doors.[4]

References

1. "신길역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
2. "신길역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
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. "서울 신길역에 첫 `스크린 도어`" (in Korean). 2004-12-30.