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

신길
Singil
신길
Singil
Korean name
Hangul
신길역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSin-gil-yeok
McCune–ReischauerSin'gil-yŏk
General information
Location327 Yeongdeungporo,
Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul[1][2]
Operated byKorail, Seoul Metro
Line(s)Gyeongbu Line
     Line 5
Platforms5
Tracks6
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 Incheon
Daebang Yeongdeungpo
towards Sinchang or Seodongtan
Daebang
towards Dongducheon
Line 1
Gyeongwon Express
Yeongdeungpo
towards Incheon
Daebang Line 1
Gyeongbu Express
Yeongdeungpo
towards Sinchang
Yeongdeungpo Market
towards Banghwa
Line 5 Yeouido

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

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  1. ^ a b c "신길역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  2. ^ a b c d "신길역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  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. ^ "서울 신길역에 첫 '스크린 도어'" (in Korean). 2004-12-30.

37°31′01″N 126°55′03″E / 37.51694°N 126.91750°E / 37.51694; 126.91750