Seodaemun station

Seodaemun Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 5. It is named after one of the four great gates of the circular wall surrounding ancient Seoul.
Wikipedia
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: train station in South Korea
  • Also known as: “Kangbuk Samsung Hospital Station”, “Seodaemun”, “Seodaemun Station”, “Seodaemunyeok”, and “강북삼성병원역”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Seoul Seodaemun Police Station and Deoksugung Palace.

Police station
Photo: Hyolee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 110 metres south of Seodaemun station.

Castle
Photo: Chamberikore, Public domain.
Deoksugung, also called Deoksu Palace or , is a former royal palace in , South Korea. It was the first main palace of the 1897–1910 Korean Empire and is now a major tourist attraction. is situated 740 metres east of Seodaemun station.

Hospital
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
is situated 180 metres north of Seodaemun station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gyeonghuigung (Palace) and Downtown Seoul.

Locality
Photo: Jtm71, CC BY 2.0 kr.
Gyeonghuigung is a palace located in , . It was one of the "Five Grand Palaces" built by the Joseon Dynasty.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
, also known as Seoul Central Business District or Sadaemun-An, is traditional city center and central business district of , located through of and of along the Sejong-daero and Jong-ro.

Quarter
Sogong-dong is a dong of , South Korea.

Seodaemun station

Latitude
37.5658° or 37° 33′ 57″ north
Longitude
126.96664° or 126° 57′ 60″ east
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
Operator
서울교통공사
Network
Seoul Metropolitan Subway
Open location code
8Q98HX88+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6039313652
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
10318686
Wiki­data ID
Q487862
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Seodaemun station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “西大门站”
  • Dutch: “Seodaemun Station”
  • French: “Seodaemun”
  • German: “Seodaemun”
  • Hungarian: “Seodaemun állomás”
  • Hungarian: “Szodemun állomás”
  • Ido: “Seodaemun Staciono”
  • Ido: “Staciono Seodaemun”
  • Italian: “Seodaemun”
  • Japanese: “ソデムン(西大門)”
  • Japanese: “西大門駅”
  • Korean: “서대문”
  • Korean: “서대문역”
  • Urdu: “سیوڈی مون اسٹیشن”
  • Vietnamese: “Ga Seodaemun”

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