Seoul Subway Line 3
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Korean name
Hangul 서울 지하철 제3호선 Hanja 서울 地下鐵 第三號線 Revised Romanization Seoul Jihacheol Jesamhoseon McCune-Reischauer Sŏul Chihach'ŏl Chesamhosŏn

Seoul Subway Line 3 (the Orange Line) of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway connects northwestern Seoul to the city center, Gangnam, and southeastern Seoul. Construction began in 1980, and most of the current line opened (Gupabal - Yangjae; Jichuk was opened in 1990) over two stages in the year of 1985, along with sister subway Line 4. In October of 1993, an extension to the south was opened (Yangjae - Suseo), giving Seoul the current Line 3. Photo taken by this user in Jan. ... Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... A map of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. ... Seoul (서울)   [] is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ... Seoul Subway Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway (dubbed the blue line) is a long line crossing from the southwest to the northeast across the Capital Metropolitan Area. ...

In 1996, the Ilsan Line (Daehwa - Jichuk) was opened, and connected the city of Goyang with Seoul. Currently, Line 3 and the Ilsan Line operate as one combined line, with every other train going only as far as Gupabal Station.

A 3 km extension[1] is planned to open in 2009, stretching from Suseo to Garak Market (Line 8) and Ogeum (Line 5). In addition, a new station will be built between Wondang and Samsong Stations, its tentative name being "Wonheung Station." Seoul Subway Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation was built 1990-99 and mainly serves the southeastern parts of Seoul and Seongnam. ... Seoul Subway Line 5 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation, dubbed the purple line, is a long line crossing from the west to the east across the Seoul National Capital Area. ...

Current length of Line 3 (Jichuk-Suseo): 35.2 km.

Stations

Ilsan Line

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Note: Jichuk Station is also part of Seoul Subway Line 3. Korail and Seoul Metro each operate 50% of the platforms respectively. The Korea Railroad Corportation, now known as Korail, is the national railroad operator in South Korea. ... System Map (click to enlarge) The Seoul Metropolitan Subway is one of the most heavily used subway systems in the world, with over 8 million trips daily on the systems nine lines (total figures for Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation, Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation & Korean National Railroad commuter lines). ...

Seoul Subway Line 3

(in Seoul) Seoul (서울)   [] is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ...

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External links

• Seoul Metropolitan Government's Line 3 extension page (Korean) includes a route map and status information for the extension from Suseo to Garak Market.
• UrbanRail.Net's Seoul Subway Page

See also

• Subways in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics
• Seoul Metropolitan Subway