Nakseongdae station

Nakseongdae Station (Korean pronunciation: [naks͈ʌŋdɛ]) is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2. This station is named after a nearby place called Nakseongdae, which was the birthplace of the great Goryeo general Kang Kam-ch'an, (which is also the second name of this station)^[3] best known for his heroics against an invading Khitan force in the Battle of Gwiju.

227 낙성대 (강감찬) Nakseongdae (Ganggamchan)
Station platform
Korean name
Hangul	낙성대역
Hanja	落星垈驛
Revised Romanization	Nakseongdae-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Naksŏngdae-yŏk
General information
Location	1693-39 Bongcheon-dong, 1928 Nambusunhwanno Jiha, Gwanak-gu, Seoul[1]
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 2
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	December 17, 1983[1]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 61,313[2]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Sadang Next counter-clockwise Line 2 Seoul National University Next clockwise

This station is located in Bongcheon-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul.

Station layout

G

Street level

Exit

L1 Concourse

Lobby

Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs

L2 Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Inner loop	← Line 2 toward Chungjeongno (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
	Outer loop	→ Line 2 toward City Hall (Sadang) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

1. "낙성대역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
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. "Nakseongdae". Seoul Metro. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-06-18.

37°28′37″N 126°57′50″E