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Nakseongdae Station (낙성대역) Line 2 – Station #227
Nakseongdae is a classical Chinese name meaning ‘the place where a star has fallen.’ It was here, in 948, that the great Goryeo General Kang Gam-chan (강감찬) was born. Depending on which version of the...
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Jongno-3-ga Station (종로3가역) Line 1 – Station #130, Line 3 – Station #329,...
If there’s one station that can be said to be the center of Seoul’s subway system, the nexus from which everything expands and to which it returns, it’s Jongno-3-ga. One of the system’s oldest...
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National Assembly Station (국회의사당역) Line 9 – Station #914
The prevailing ethos of Yeouido is that size matters. There may not be a single one-story building on the entire island, and crossing some of the intersections have to qualify you for some sort of...
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Hoegi Station (회기역) Line 1 – Station # 123, Jungang Line – Station # K118
On the north side of Heogi Station, maeul buses were pulling up and people in suits and fancy dresses were piling out, heading to the several wedding halls nearby. Most of them crossed through the...
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Gaehwa Station (개화역) Line 9 – Station #901
I had expected Gaehwa to be one of the dullest stations in the entire course of this project, a visit that I’d finish up in under an hour and have written in less than that. Its most prominent...
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Yangcheon Hyanggyo (양천향교역) Line 9 – Station #906
Three things stick out when you arrive at Yangcheon Hyanggyo Station. First of all, there’s the enormous field of construction to the west, which we also mentioned in our visits to Balsan and...
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Bonghwasan Station (봉화산역) Line 6 – Station #647
The last stop on Line 6, Bonghwasan Station sits right alongside the Northern Trunk Road (북부간선도로) and there’s a transfer parking lot outside where commuters from Namyangju and Guri can drop their cars...
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Seolleung Station (선릉역) Line 2 – Station #220, Bundang Line – Station #K215
Wind blustered down the wide, straight avenues between office towers, flapping the ties of the men in business suits as they made their way back to their desks, coffee cups in hand. Their routes took...
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Munjeong Station (문정역) Line 8 – Station #818
We’ve been to a lot of parks, yeah? And let’s be honest, a lot of them blend together a little bit. A few benches, a pavilion or two, some playground and exercise equipment, basketball hoops, maybe...
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