Bokjeong station is a station on the

Seoul Subway Line 8 Seoul Subway Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway was built from 1990 to 1999 and mainly serves the southeastern parts of Seoul and Seongnam. The segment from Moran to Amsa was opened in July 1999. The line color is rose. In 2019, Line 8 had an ...

and Suin-Bundang Line. This station has one of the most sophisticated and convenient transfer systems in the

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in which the Suin-Bundang Line platform is directly beneath the Line 8 platform. Passengers can transfer between the lines simply by taking one flight of stairs/escalators. However, since the station is situated directly below a major

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with no nearby residential or industrial area, the vicinity of the station has no significant source of passengers, so this station is used mainly as a transfer point. The only aboveground section of Line 8 lies at Namwirye, although this station & Sanseong are situated underground. The station is within walking distance of

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in the city of

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; this station is on the border between

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and

Station layout

Suin-Bundang Line

Line 8

Vicinity

*Exit 1:

Jangji-dong Jangji-dong is a neighbourhood, '' dong'' of Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The old name of the dong was ''janbeodeuri'' (잔버드리), derived from ''jan beodeul'' (잔버들, willow) where the species grew a lot. Education Schools located in ...

*Exit 2: Dong Seoul College, Bokjeong-dong *Exit 3: Segok-dong *Exit 4: Garden 5

References

Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations Railway stations opened in 1996 Metro stations in Songpa District Seoul Subway Line 8 Bundang Line {{Seoul-metro-station-stub