Samseong station

{{Short description|Station on the Seoul Subway}}

{{distinguish|Samseong station (Gyeongsan)|Samsong station|Sanseong station|Samsung}}

{{Redirect|Samseong|other uses|Samseong (disambiguation)}}

{{infobox station

| name = {{Infobox station/Header SMS

|native_name =삼성 (무역센터)

|name =Samseong
(World Trade Center Seoul)

|line_name =Line 2

|station_number =219

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| mlanguage = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes

| hangul = 삼성역

| hanja = {{linktext|三|成|驛}}

| mr = Samsŏngnyŏk

| rr = Samseongnyeok

}}

| image = File:Seoul-metro-219-Samseong-station-sign-20180916-082816.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Station Sign

| address = 172-66 Samseong 1-dong,
538 Teherandaero Jiha,
Gangnam-gu, Seoul{{cite web|url=https://www.doopedia.co.kr/doopedia/master/master.do?_method=view&MAS_IDX=120620001325773|title=삼성역|publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia|accessdate=2016-02-08|language=Korean}}

| coordinates =

| passengers = (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 137,927[http://www.ktdb.go.kr/en/web/guest/418 Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006080247/http://www.ktdb.go.kr/en/web/guest/418 |date=2014-10-06 }}. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

| operator = Seoul Metro

| lines = {{rail color box| system=Seoul Metropolitan Subway| line=2|inline=yes}}

| platforms = 1

| tracks = 2

| bus_routes =

| structure = Underground

| opened = December 23, 1982

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Seoul Metropolitan Subway

|line1=2|left1=Sports Complex|right1=Seolleung

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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.

class="wikitable"
Year	2010	2011	2012
Ridership	69,863	70,501	68,002

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.{{cite news|last=Kwon|first=Sang-soo|title=City designates area by COEX as smoke-free|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2959317|accessdate=5 October 2012|newspaper=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=12 September 2012|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121209124604/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2959317|archivedate=9 December 2012}}