Samseong station

219 삼성 (무역센터) Samseong (World Trade Center Seoul)
Station Sign
Korean name
Hangul	삼성역
Hanja	三成驛
Revised Romanization	Samseongnyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Samsŏngnyŏk
General information
Location	172-66 Samseong 1-dong, 538 Teherandaero Jiha, Gangnam-gu, Seoul[1]
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 2
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	December 23, 1982[1]
Passengers
(Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012. Line 2: 137,927[2]
Services
Preceding station Seoul Metropolitan Subway Following station Sports Complex Next counter-clockwise Line 2 Seolleung Next clockwise

Samseong Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2. It serves the eastern area of Teheranno. Some of the more famous buildings near the station include World Trade Center Seoul, COEX Mall, Korea Electric Power (KEPCO) headquarters, Korea Air City Terminal (buses run from here to Incheon and Gimpo Airports, and vice versa), and Gangnam main police and fire stations. Due to security concerns, the station was closed during the G20 summit and the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit, as this station is directly connected with COEX.

The ridership of this station is very high, consistently ranking among the five most heavily used subway stations in Korea. The table below shows the average daily ridership between 2010 and 2012.

Although the name of this station shares its pronunciation with the company Samsung, the Hanja for the company (三星) and the station (三成) are different, so there is no relation between the two.

The 836-meter (914-yard) section of sidewalk along Yeongdong Boulevard from exit No.5 of this station, outside COEX Convention & Exhibition Center and ASEM Tower is designated as a smoke-free zone by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.^[3]