Jichuk Stationis a railway station located just northwest ofSeoulonSeoul Subway Line 3.It is within walking distance toEunpyeong-gu,Seoul.Jichuk station has a subway depot for Line 3 trains nearby.

지축
Jichuk
Korean name
Hangul
지축역
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJichungnyeok
McCune–ReischauerChich'ungnyŏk
General information
Location818-64Jichuk-dong,
300 Samsongno,
Deogyang-gu,Goyang-si,
Gyeonggi-do[1]
Coordinates37°38′53″N126°54′50″E/ 37.64800°N 126.91393°E/37.64800; 126.91393
Operated bySeoul Metro
Line(s)Line 3
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
Key dates
July 13, 1990[1]Line 3opened
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 3:3,125[2]

Origin of the name

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Jichuk Station is named after the administrative area (dong) that it is located in. The area used to belong to two villages in theJoseonperiod. Jijeong-ri producedpaper,while Chuk-ri was famous for itsbush clover.When the area became united under Goyang-gun, it was named using the first syllables of the two villages.[3]

Station layout

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G Street level Exit
L1
Concourse
Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L3
Line 3 platform level
Side platform,doors will open on the right
Northbound Ilsan LinetowardDaehwa(Samsong)
Southbound Line 3towardOgeum(Gupabal)
Side platform,doors will open on the right

Passengers

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Line Figure[4]
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Ilsan Line 774 725 787 811 481 524 547
Seoul Subway Line 3 2449 2537 2582 2437 2429 2593 2584

References

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  1. ^ab"지축역"(in Korean). Doopedia.Retrieved2016-09-18.
  2. ^Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway StationsArchived2014-10-06 at theWayback Machine.Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. ^"Jichuk".Seoul Metro.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-09-18.Retrieved2016-09-18.
  4. ^Original data from Seoul Metro (2006)
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Samsong
towardsDaehwa
Line 3 Gupabal
towardsOgeum