Airport Market station
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| Hangul | 공항시장역 | ||||||||||
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| Revised Romanization | Gonghangsijangnyeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Konghangsijangnyŏk | ||||||||||
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| Location | 22-50 Gonghang-dong Gangseo-gu, Seoul | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°33′49″N 126°48′37″E / 37.56361°N 126.81028°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 9 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 24, 2009 | ||||||||||
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Airport Market station (Korean: 공항시장역; Hanja: 空港市場驛) is a subway station on Line 9 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, located in Gonghang-dong, Gangseo District, Seoul. The station's name is derived from the nearby Airport Market, located in Gonghang-dong, in connection with nearby Gimpo International Airport. However, the nearby Airport Market is small in scale.
History
- September 18, 2008: Station name decided as Airport Market Station[1].
- July 24, 2009: Operations began with the opening of Gaehwa-Sinnonhyeon section of Seoul Subway Line 9.
Station layout
An underground station with a two-sided, two-track relative platform and screen doors.
| 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 (Gimpo International Airport) ← Line 9 Express does not stop here | |
| Eastbound | Line 9 Local toward VHS Medical Center (Sinbanghwa) → Line 9 Express does not stop here → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Around the Station
- Airport Market
- Seoul Songjeong Elementary School
- Banghwa Middle School
- Seoul Subway Line 5, Songjeong Station direction
- Gangseo Sacred Heart Hospital
- Banghwa 2-dong Administrative Welfare Center
Changes in Passenger Traffic
The 2009 data reflects only 161 days, from July 24, 2009, the opening date, to December 31, 2009.
| Route | Average daily passenger traffic (people/day) | References | |||||||||||
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| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||
| Line 9 | Boarding | 1,944 | 2,258 | 2,634 | 2,946 | 3,090 | 3,140 | 3,047 | 2,954 | 2,915 | [2] | ||
| Drop off | 1,988 | 2,331 | 2,789 | 3,178 | 3,411 | 3,496 | 3,370 | 3,302 | 3,279 | ||||
References
- ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). event.seoul.go.kr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
- ^ "METRO9". www.metro9.co.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
