Jichuk Station is a railway station located just northwest of Seoul on Seoul Subway Line 3. It is within walking distance to Eunpyeong-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
Location818-64 Jichuk-dong,
300 Samsongno,
Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si,
Gyeonggi-do[1]
Coordinates37°38′53″N 126°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 3 opened
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 the Joseon period. Jijeong-ri produced paper, while Chuk-ri was famous for its bush 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 Line toward Daehwa (Samsong)
Southbound Line 3 toward Ogeum (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. ^ a b "지축역" (in Korean). Doopedia. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  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. ^ "Jichuk". Seoul Metro. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  4. ^ Original data from Seoul Metro (2006)
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station
Samsong
towards Daehwa
Line 3 Gupabal
towards Ogeum