City Hall Station is a station on Seoul Subway lines 1 (Blue Line) and 2 (Green Line). As its name suggests, Seoul City Hall is located right next to the station. Deoksugung, a historic palace of the Joseon dynasty, is on the other side of the boulevard named Taepyeongno.

132 시청 City Hall 201 시청 City Hall
Station Platform (Line 2)
Korean name
Hangul	시청역
Hanja	市廳驛
Revised Romanization	Sicheongyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Sich'ŏngyŏk
General information
Location	Taepyeongno 1-ga 31, Jung-gu, Seoul
Coordinates	37°33′53″N 126°58′37″E
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 1      Line 2
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	August 15, 1974 () May 22, 1984 ()
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan–Dec of 2012 Line 1: 44,594[1] Line 2: 51,185[1]
Services Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Jonggak towards Soyosan Line 1 Seoul Station towards Incheon Jonggak towards Uijeongbu or Kwangwoon University Seoul Station towards Sinchang or Seodongtan Jonggak towards Dongducheon Line 1 Gyeongwon Express Seoul Station towards Incheon Jonggak towards Cheongnyangni Line 1 Gyeongbu Express Seoul Station towards Sinchang Chungjeongno Next counter-clockwise Line 2 Euljiro 1(il)-ga Next clockwise

Places

Seoul Museum of Art is also nearby. The museum has hosted many special exhibitions, including those of the works of van Gogh, Monet, and René Magritte.[2] The head offices of three daily newspapers, The Chosun Ilbo, The Dong-a Ilbo and Kyunghyang Shinmun, are near the city hall. Seoul Plaza Hotel is located across from the city hall.

References

External links

• Seoul Museum of Art
• Deoksugung palace

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