Banpo Station

Banpo Station
File:Banpost01.jpg Banpo Station
Korean name
Hangul	반포역
Hanja	盤浦驛
Revised Romanization	Banpo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Panp'o-yŏk
Line 7
← Nonhyeon Express Bus Terminal →
Station number	733
Address	103 Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Date opened	August 1, 2000
Type	Underground
Platforms/tracks	2 / 2
Operator	SMRT

Banpo Station is a metro station on Seoul Subway Line 7 located in Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Despite its name, the station is not located in Banpo-dong, but instead in Jamwon. It has 6 entrances that they are all right side entrance and they have screen doors right before entering the train. It takes 4~8 minutes between 2 trains and next stations are Nonhyeon and Seoul Express Bus Terminal. It is only 500m long between Banpo station and two other Stations next to it. The station number is 733.

Station layout

Nonhyeon ↑

S/B | | N/B

↓ Express Bus Terminal

Southbound	← ●Line 7 toward Bupyeong-gu Office
Northbound	→ ●Line 7 toward Jangam →

Vicinity

• Exit 1 : Wonchon Elementary & Middle Schools
• Exit 2 : Way to Banpo 1 dong
• Exit 3 : Junction of Express Bus Terminal, townoffice of Banpo 1 dong
• Exit 4 : Junction of Express Bus Terminal, townoffice of Banpo 1 dong (opposite side from Exit 4)
• Exit 5 : Kyongwon Middle School
• Exit 6 : Jamwon-dong, Banpo Social Welfare Center

Passengers

Station	Passenger
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Line 7	3842	4731	5367	5592	5662	5637	5157

Places around station

• New Town
• Banpo Xi Apartment
• Donga Apartment
• Kyongwon Middle School
• Seoul Express Bus Terminal
• Banpo Bus Station

History

Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit corporation built Banpo Station and they started to run Banpo Station on August 1, 2000. Banpo Station started started to run when line number 7 started.

References

1. Original data from Seoul Metro(2006)
2. "Banpo Station (반포역) Line 7 – Station #733." Seoul Suburban. N.p., 20 Sept. 2011. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.
3. "반포역." : 지식백과. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. ("banpo station." : 지식백과. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.)
4. Weblog post. 무궁화호's Bus And Rail Factory : naver blog. Blog, 18 May 2015. Web. 04 Mar. 2016.
5. "Seoul subway line number 7 banpo station first one and last one’s time and running time graph."shiitake. Blog Owner, 6 Jan. 2014. Web. 04 Mar. 2016.
6. "banpo apartment and banpo station - Seoul line number 7 banpo station." Stationman. Blog Owner, 07 Sept. 2013. Web. 4 Mar. 2016.

Preceding station		Seoul Metropolitan Subway		Following station
Nonhyeon toward Jangam		Line 7		Express Bus Terminal toward Bupyeong-gu Office