Sinchon station

{{Short description|Metro station on Seoul Metro Line 2}}

{{distinguish|Sinchon station (Gyeongui Line)|Jamsilsaenae station}}

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| name = {{Infobox station/Header SMS

|native_name =신촌 (지하)

|name =Sinchon

|line_name =Line 2

|station_number =240

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

| hangul = 신촌역

| hanja = {{linktext|新|村|驛}}

| mr = Sinch'onnyŏk

| rr = Sinchonnyeok

}}

| image = Seoul-metro-240-Sinchon-station-platform-20181121-081752.jpg

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| address = 90 Sinchon-ro Jiha, 31-11 Nogosan-dong,
Mapo-gu, Seoul

| coordinates = {{Coord|37|33|19|N|126|56|13|E|region:KR_type:railwaystation|display=title,inline}}

| passengers = (Daily) Based on Jan-Dec of 2012.
Line 2: 111,885[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 = 2

| tracks = 2

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| structure = Underground

| opened = May 22, 1984{{cite web|url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=1383711&cid=40942&categoryId=32190|title=신촌역|publisher=Doopedia|accessdate=2016-07-07|language=Korean}}

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

|line1=2|left1=Hongik University|right1=Ewha Womans University

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Sinchon station is a station on Line 2 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway in Mapo-gu, north of the Han River. It is located between Hongik University station and Ewha Womans University station.

It is the closest station to Sogang University, Yonsei University, Hyundai Department Store Sinchon, and Seoul Korea Temple. The area between the station and the front gate of Yonsei University is known simply as Sinchon-dong, and is a mecca of nightlife in Seoul, being packed with restaurants, pubs and bars that draw young adults from all over. This station is also in the vicinity of a bus terminal offering service to cities in northwestern Gyeonggi province, including Ilsan, Gimpo, and Ganghwa.