Ahyeon station (Korean아현역; Hanja阿峴驛), also Chugye University for the Arts station (Korean: 추계예술대), is a subway station on Line 2 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The station's name means "small hill between two larger hills".[3]

아현 (추계예술대)
Ahyeon
(Chugye Univ. for the Arts)
Korean name
Hangul
아현역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationAhyeonnyeok
McCune–ReischauerAhyŏnnyŏk
General information
Location329 Ahyeon-dong,
60 Sinchon-ro,
Mapo-gu, Seoul[1]
Coordinates37°33′26.68″N 126°57′22.17″E / 37.5574111°N 126.9561583°E / 37.5574111; 126.9561583
Operated bySeoul Metro
Line(s)     Line 2
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
OpenedMay 22, 1984[1]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 16,585[2]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Ewha Womans University
Next counter-clockwise
Line 2 Chungjeongno
Next clockwise

Station layout edit

G Street level Exit
L1
Concourse
Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outer loop Line 2 toward City Hall (Ewha Womans University)
Wall
Inner loop Line 2 toward City Hall (Chungjeongno) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References edit

  1. ^ a b "아현역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  2. ^ Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. ^ "Ahyeon". Seoul Metro. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-11.