Gwanghwamun Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 5 in South Korea.[2] It is not the closest subway station to the actual gate of Gwanghwamun, which it is named after. It is located next to the U.S. Embassy in Seoul.

533 Gwanghwamun (Sejong Center for the Performing Arts)
Station Sign
Korean name
Hangul	광화문역
Hanja	光化門驛
Revised Romanization	Gwanghwamun-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kwanghwamun-yŏk
General information
Location	Sejongdaero Jiha 172, Sejong-ro 1-68 Jongno-gu, Seoul[1]
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 5
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	December 30, 1996[1]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Seodaemun towards Banghwa Line 5 Jongno 3(sam)-ga towards Hanam Geomdansan or Macheon

This station boasts the most traffic of all Line 5 stations.[1]

Station layout

Vicinity

• Exit 1: Sejong Center for the Performing Arts
• Exit 2: Embassy of the United States, Seoul, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Jongno District Office
• Exit 3: New Zealand Embassy of Korea
• Exit 4: Kyobo Building, Kyobo Book Centre[3] and Embassy of Colombia in Seoul[4]
• Exit 5: Cheonggyecheon and Kyobo Book Centre[5]
• Exit 6: Taiwan Embassy of Korea, Deoksu Elementary School
• Exit 9: Haechi Madang, an underground walkway that connects the station to Gwanghwamun Plaza[6][7][8]

Tourism

In January 2013, the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation, which operates the line, distributed free guidebooks from the station. These were printed in three languages: English, Japanese and Chinese (simplified and traditional), which features eight tours as well as recommendations for accommodations, restaurants and shopping centers.[9]

Nearby tourist attractions include: Gyeongbokgung Palace, Cheonggyecheon and Kyobo Book Centre.[10]

References

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