Wirye

Wirye New Town is a planned community in Songpa District, Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. It is named after Wiryeseong.

Type: Suburb
Description: planned community in South Korea
Also known as: “Wirye New Town”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bokjeong and Namwirye.

Bokjeong

Railway station

Bokjeong station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 8 and the Suin-Bundang Line. This station has one of the most sophisticated and convenient transfer systems in the Seoul Metropolitan Subway in which the Suin–Bundang Line platform is directly beneath the Line 8 platform.

Namwirye

Metro station

Photo: Hajoon0102, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Namwirye station is an infill railway station on Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway system. It opened on December 18, 2021. This station was constructed for Wirye New Town, but it is not located inside of Wirye.

Jangji

Metro station

Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jangji station is a subway station in Jangji-dong, Songpa District, which is located in Seoul, South Korea. This station is on Seoul Subway Line 8. Jangji is mostly a bed town, with numerous apartments, including the "Songpa Pine Town".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jangji-dong and Suseo-dong.

Jangji-dong

Quarter

Photo: 안우석, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jangji-dong is a dong of Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea. The old name of the dong was janbeodeuri, derived from jan beodeul where the species grew a lot.

Suseo-dong

Quarter

Suseo-dong is a ward of Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea. The name Suseo originated from the feature of Han River running through the western part of the region. Suseo-dong is also home to the Tancheon park. Suseo-dong is situated 4 km west of Wirye.