Gangnam Station : Seoul's Most Complex Subway Station


Among the nationwide commuter train stations, which are said to have a combined daily average of 100,000 or more vehicles and the floating population of nearby commercial districts, there are 1 million people. Considering that the average daily number of passengers in and out of stations with developed business zones and downtown areas is about 100,000, Gangnam Station shows the combined number of these two characteristics. The size of the work area is also overwhelming compared to other regions, so most passengers on the outer line of Line No. 2 in the morning rush hour get out of the station.

With the location of IT companies at the intersection of Gangnam-daero and Seocho-daero, the large office office district started to enter the area in the 1990s, with hagwon-ga and entertainment districts starting to create an unimaginable floating population. From Exit 10 and 11 of Line No. 2 to Sinnonhyeon Station, there is a busy street where large hagwons, clothing stores, hospitals, bars and restaurants are densely packed. In addition, the entertainment area near Seonneung Station and the effect of COEX Mall, which had been stagnant for some time since remodeling in the mid-2010s, has added to the sense that the floating population here is even increased. On weekends, each exit is intertwined with those going to the ground and those going down to take the subway, creating a chaos of chaos. On Friday night, you can often see the traffic jam in Gangnam-daero from 1 to 2 a.m. However, the prices are expensive like the downtown area and the office district. Along with Hongdae and Itaewon, there are also many famous clubs in Seoul.

There are three locations in the movie theater: Megabox Gangnam, Megabox Gangnamdaero (Citi), and CGV Gangnam. Megabox Gangnam is located at Exit 9 of Gangnam Station, while CGV Gangnam and Megabox Gangnamdaero are located at Exit 11 of Gangnam Station. Megabox Gangnam branch at Exit 9 and CGV Gangnam branch at Exit 11 are the points where the floating population explodes, and pre-booking is said to be a must to see movies here. Strangely enough, however, Megabox Gangnam-daero (Citi) is a relatively rare place where Lotte Cinema used to be, but it was an oddly famous place for not being sold to Megabox despite its position as a counter-tax, but it would still be useful when it was in a hurry.

It is one of the largest transit hubs for wide-area buses going out of Gangnam-daero to Gyeonggi-do and other outskirts. Due to the nature of Office+Street, major school buses and wide-area buses are crowded with people going to and from major cities in Gyeonggi Province, as well as the demand coming from nearby subway stations is high. The reason why there are so many students is because there are many students who commute to and from the middle school as well as many busses in the middle school as the last stop of Gangnam station, and there are a lot of students who use the wide area bus to commute to school. Most of the factory's large commuter buses are also based in Gangnam Station. At the time when the last bus of the day fell at dawn, you can see a tightly waiting taxi and the scenery of people trying to catch it. In order to cope with the overflowing traffic demand, the number of late-night buses in Ilsan and Bundang are being increased.

On the way out of Exit 7, Samsung's Seocho office buildings, also known as Samsung Town, are concentrated. Samsung Electronics Co., Samsung C&T Corp., Samsung Life Insurance Co. and other key Samsung affiliates are all moving in here, and Samsung Card Co. and other financial affiliates will soon move in this direction as Samsung Group sells its office building in Taiping, northern Seoul. Underground is an electronics sales showroom called Samsung Delight.

In addition, the demand for commuters and residents in nearby Seocho-dong is still high, although the size of the entertainment/commercial zone has been overshadowed. There are six apartment complexes, one elementary school and one middle school inside the commercial area of Exit 10 of the main entertainment district of Gangnam Station, and a similar number of apartment complexes and schools exist on the side of the party line. Local demand is also high as residents near the nearby shift station, Sapyeong Station, Sinnonhyeon Station and Nonhyeon Station can walk lightly.

Behind Exit 11, a small stage is set up with a sculpture of Psy performing a horse dance. It is said to have been set up for foreign tourists who visit Gangnam Station after the Gangnam Style epidemic. In the heyday of Gangnam style, tourists who dance and take videos on stage were often seen. Two paintings of Gangnam style are also hung on the two-way platform. YES24 used bookstores Gangnam and Aladdin used bookstores Gangnam are also located at Exit 11. Naturally, both people are full of people," said...

There is a Blue Bottle Yeoksam branch between Exit 12 of Gangnam Station and Exit 4 of Yeoksam Station.

Meanwhile, there have been no subway lines along Gangnam-daero for decades, compared to the No. 2 line in Tehran. If the line had been properly pierced, the demand for Gangnam Station would have been higher than now. In particular, about half of the enormous transit crowds that turn the morning shift into a Hellgate were also those who took the double-transfer route of Chungmuro-Gyosu to work in southern Seoul from the northern part of Line 4, which could have triggered even more demand if the city-Gangnam direct route had been opened. Although the party's identity was belatedly opened, it is currently only operating to Gangnam Station, and whether or not it will be extended is expected to increase the number of passengers once the northern section of Gangnam opens.

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