Seoul Subway Line 2

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Seoul Subway Line 2 (Template:Langx), also known as the Circle Line, is a circular line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The line running clockwise is called the "inner circle line" and the counter-clockwise line is called the "outer circle line". This is Seoul's most heavily used line, and consists of the main loop (Template:Convert), the Seongsu Branch (Template:Convert) and the Sinjeong Branch (Template:Convert) for a total line length of Template:Convert. The Line 2 loop is the third longest subway loop in the world after Moscow Metro Bolshaya Koltsevaya line and Beijing Subway Line 10.Template:Efn[1] In 2019, Line 2 had an annual ridership of 812 million passengers or 2.2 million passengers per day.[2]

Headways on the line vary from 2 minutes 18 seconds on peak periods [3] and 5–6 minutes off-peak periods. The line connects the city centre to Gangnam, Teheran Valley and the COEX/KWTC complex.

History

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File:Subway sign Seoul Metro.jpg
Former split-flap display passenger information system signs used on Seoul Subway Line 2 from 1980 until replaced with flat-screen TV displays in 2005–10.
File:지하철 2호선 2단계 개통 기념 지하철표.jpg
Commemorative ticket issued for the opening of the second phase of Seoul Subway Line 2 on December 23, 1982.
File:Early 1980s Seoul Subway Map - Flickr - skinnylawyer.jpg
Fragment of an early-1980s Seoul Subway map, showing the western two-thirds of the Line 2 loop as a green line.

In 1972, then-Mayor of Seoul Template:Ill (1932–1996) changed the existing plans for the Seoul Subway to better enable connectivity around the growing Seoul City and allow for development to take place across the Seoul Metropolitan Area. Line 2 was built in 1978–84 together with the Seongsu Branch (the second Sinjeong Branch was built 1989–95). Dangsan bridge was closed for reconstruction in 1996 and reopened November 22, 1999. The old steel girder bridge was replaced by a Template:Convert long concrete bridge between Dangsan on the southern side of the river and Hapjeong on the northern bank.

Yongdu station on the Seongsu Branch (between Sindap and Sinseol stations) is the first station in the Seoul Subway system with operating platform screen doors. As of 2008 platform screen doors are operating at all stations along Line 2. New rolling stock has also progressively came on line, replacing older vehicles.

  • October 31, 1980: Sinseol-dong – Sports Complex (via Seongsu) section opened
  • December 23, 1982: Sports Complex – Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Education section opened
  • September 16, 1983: Euljiro 1-ga – Seongsu section opened; Sinseol-dong – Seongsu section separated as Seongsu Branch
  • December 17, 1983: Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Education – Seoul Nat'l University section opened
  • May 22, 1984: Seoul Nat'l University – Euljiro 1-ga (via Sindorim) section opened; the Circle Line (the longest in the world at Template:Convert until it was surpassed in 2013) is completed.[4]
  • May 22, 1992: Sindorim – Yangcheon-gu Office section opened as Sinjeong Branch
  • February 29, 1996: Sinjeongnegeori Station opened as extension of Sinjeong Branch
  • March 20, 1996: Kkachisan Station opened as extension of Sinjeong Branch
  • October 20, 2005: Yongdu Station opened on the Seongsu Branch
  • September 2010: Siemens Mobility ATP/ATO GoA 2 signalling system implemented on newer trains to increase frequencies and route capacity.

Facilities

In December 2010 the line is recorded as having the highest WiFi data consumption in the Seoul Metropolitan area. It averaged 2.56 times more than the other 14 subway lines fitted with WiFi service zones.[5]

In 2011, retailer Homeplus opened the world's first virtual supermarket at Seolleung station, where smartphone users can photograph the bar code of life-size pictures, on the walls and platform screen doors, of 500 items of food, toiletries, electronics etc., for delivery within the same day.[6]

Stations

All stations on all branches are in Seoul.

Main Line

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Euljiro 1(il)-ga
(Hana Bank)
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Euljiro 3(sam)-ga
(Shinhan Card)
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Euljiro 4(sa)-ga
(BC Card)
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Dongdaemun History & Culture Park
(DDP)
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Wangsimni
(Seongdong-gu Office)
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Konkuk Univ. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Rint
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Guui
(Gwangjin-gu Office)
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Gangbyeon
(Dongseoul Bus Terminal)
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Jamsillaru
(Suhyup Insurance)
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Jamsil
(Songpa-gu Office)
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Samseong
(World Trade Center Seoul)
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Seolleung
(Acuon Savings Bank)
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Yeoksam
(Centerfield)
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Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Education
(Court & Prosecutors' Office)
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Seocho Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Bangbae
(Baekseok Arts Univ.)
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Nakseongdae
(Ganggamchan)
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Seoul Nat'l Univ.
(Gwanak-gu Office)
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Bongcheon Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Sillim
(Yangji Hospital)
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Guro Digital Complex
(Wonkwang Digital Univ.)
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Daerim
(Guro-gu Office)
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Mullae
(Kim's Eye Hospital)
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Hapjeong
(Holt Children's Services, Inc)
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Hongik Univ.
(Eduwill Academy)
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Chungjeongno
(Kyonggi Univ.)
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Seongsu Branch

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Yongdu
(Dongdaemun-gu Office)
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Sinjeong Branch

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Dorimcheon Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Yangcheon-gu Office Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Extension

There is a possible extension currently in the conception stage to extend the Sinjeong Branch to 3.7 km to Gayang Station on Line 9. The path would include a new station named Gangseo-gu Office in between Kkachisan and Gayang.[7]

Route map

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Rolling stock

File:Dangsan Railway Bridge Han River.jpg
Second-generation Seoul Metro 2000 series VVVF-inverter train (third batch) crossing the Dangsan Railway Bridge on the Han River in October 2022.

Five generations of Seoul Metro 2000 series trains have been used on Seoul Subway Line 2. As of December 2025, only third, fourth and fifth batch 2000 series trains are in operation (manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and Dawonsys respectively), since all first (MELCO thyristor chopper control) and second batch (GEC Traction/Alstom thyristor chopper control) trains have been retired between 2008 and 2023. All trains are stored and maintained at Sindap Depot on the Seongsu Branch and Sinjeong Depot on the Sinjeong Branch.

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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