Gubanpo Station

Gubanpo Station
Korean name
Hangul	구반포역
Hanja	舊盤浦驛
Revised Romanization	Gubanpo-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kubanp'o-yŏk
Line 9
← Dongjak Sinbanpo →
Station number	921
Address	1053 Banpo bon-dong Seocho-gu, Seoul
Date opened	June 24, 2009
Type	Underground
Platforms/tracks	2 side platforms / 2
Screen doors	Installed
Operator	Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation
Bus routes	148 360 361 362 406 462 540 640 642 643 4212 4318 4425 6411 9408 9500 9501 6000

Gubanpo Station is a railway station on Line 9 of the Seoul Subway.

Prior to the opening of Line 9, it was planned to be called Seoritgae Station, but the name was changed due to various reasons posed by local residents.

Basic information (translation of Korean Wikipedia)

Gubanpo Station is a station located at 1053 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul. It opened on July 24, 2009 with the opening of Phase 1 of Seoul Subway Line 9 (Hangul:수도권 전철 9호선) . It is the 25th station from the starting/ending point, Gaehwa, and is 4 stations from Sinnonhyeon Station, the last station of Phase 1. It is 1.0 km from Dongjak Station, which is a transfer station with Line 4. It is also 1.5 km from Express Bus Terminal Station, where you can transfer to Lines 3 and 7.

Name

Gubanpo Station was originally planned to be named Seoritgae Station, but was named Gubanpo Station because 6700 residents disagreed naming the station by Seoritgae. (Seoritgae means ‘A stream of water flows round and round”. (Hangul: 개울물이 서리서리 굽이쳐 흐른다.)) There were three reasons why residents did not like the name Seoritgae.

1. The Gubanpo area was never called ‘Seoritgae’ before and could actually confuse people with Seorae Village nearby. 2. Seoritgae ends with ‘-gae’(‘-개’) which stands for ‘dog’ with may make people think of it as a bad word. 3. The name has a bad innotation because Seori in Korean means ‘to raid on a person’s property out of a mischievous motive.

Because of these reasons residents requested to change the name to Gubanpo Station or Banpo-bon Dong Station and the name was changed to Gubanpo after a discussion.

People who agreed with the name ‘Seoritgae’ said that it could be chaotic because there would 3 stations in the area with the name ‘Banpo’, which are Gubanpo, Sinbanpo, and Banpo.

Station layout

G

Street level

Exit

L1 Concourse

Lobby

Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs

L2 Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← Line 9 Local toward Gaehwa (Dongjak) ← Line 9 Express does not stop here
	Eastbound	→ Line 9 Local toward Sports Complex (Sinbanpo) → → Line 9 Express does not stop here →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Exits

1. Isugyo
2. Banpo Hangang Park
3. Banpo Elementary and Middle School.

References

1. [1]
2. Dong-a Prime Korean-English Dictionary
3. [2]
4. ko:구반포역

Preceding station		Seoul Metropolitan Subway		Following station
Dongjak toward Gaehwa		Line 9 Local		Sinbanpo toward Sports Complex