Seoul Subway Line 8

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Line 8
Overview
Native name	8호선(八號線) Pal Hoseon
Status	Operational
Termini	Byeollae Moran
Stations	30[1]
Color on map	Pink
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Seoul Metropolitan Subway
Operator(s)	Seoul Metro
Depot(s)	Jamsil
History
Opened	23 November 1996 (1996-11-23)[2]
Technical
Line length	30.1 km (18.7 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map Legend Amsa 810 Line 5 Cheonho 811 Gangdong-gu Office 812 Mongchontoseong 813 Line 2 Jamsil 814 Seokchon 815 Songpa 816 Line 3 Garak Market 817 Munjeong 818 Jangji 819 Seoul Ring Expressway Bundang Line Bokjeong 820 Seoul Gyeonggi Sanseong 821 Sanseong 821 Namhansanseong 822 Dandaeogeori 823 Sinheung 824 Sujin 825 Bundang Line Moran 826 Seoul Ring Expressway Maintenance Depot

Seoul Subway Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway was built from 1990 to 1999 and mainly serves the southeastern parts of Seoul and Seongnam. The first section from Jamsil to Moran opened in 1996, and the second section from Moran to Amsa was opened in July 1999. The line color is rose. In 2019, Line 8 had an annual ridership of 112 million or about 307,000 people per day.^[3] At 17.7 km (11.0 mi) in length, Line 8 is the shortest of all heavy rail Seoul Metropolitan Subway lines.

In 2014, construction was planned to begin in order to extend the line north of the Han River through Guri station to Byeollae station on the Gyeongchun Line in Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do; construction began in October 2015. The extension will add 11.37 km (7.06 mi) of line to the already existing 17.7 km (11.0 mi). Construction is set to finish in August 2024,^[4][5] with operation beginning with the first train at 5:32 AM on August 10.^[6]

Another northern extension is planned to bring the line to ByeollaeByeolgaram station on Seoul Subway Line 4.^[7][8]

The southern end is planned to be extended 3.9 km (2.4 mi) to Pangyo station.

Station number	Station name English	Station name Hangul	Station name Hanja	Transfer	Line name	Distance in km	Total distance	Location
803	ByeollaeByeolgaram (planned)	별내별가람	別內별가람		Line 8 (Byeollae Line)	---	---	Gyeonggi-do	Namyangju-si
804	Byeollae	별내	別內		Line 8 (Byeollae Line)	---	0.0
805	Dasan	다산	茶山			3.0	3.0
806	Donggureung	동구릉	東九陵			1.8	4.8		Guri-si
807	Guri	구리	九里			1.2	6.0
808	Jangja Lake Park	장자호수공원	長者湖水公園			1.8	7.8
809	Amsa History Park	암사역사공원	岩寺歷史公園			3.5	11.3	Seoul	Gangdong-gu
810	Amsa	암사	岩寺		Line 8	1.1	12.4
811	Cheonho (Pungnaptoseong)	천호 (풍납토성)	千戶			1.3	13.7
812	Gangdong-gu Office	강동구청	江東區廳			0.9	14.6
813	Mongchontoseong (World Peace Gate)	몽촌토성 (평화의문)	夢村土城			1.6	16.2		Songpa-gu
814	Jamsil (Songpa-gu Office)	잠실 (송파구청)	蠶室			0.8	17.0
815	Seokchon (Hansol Hospital)	석촌 (한솔병원)	石村			1.2	18.2
816	Songpa	송파	松坡			0.9	19.1
817	Garak Market	가락시장	可樂市場			0.8	19.9
818	Munjeong	문정	文井			0.9	20.8
819	Jangji	장지	長旨			0.9	21.7
820	Bokjeong	복정	福井			0.9	22.6
821	Namwirye	남위례	南慰禮			1.6	24.2	Gyeonggi-do	Seongnam-si
822	Sanseong	산성	山城			1.1	25.3
823	Namhansanseong (Seongnam Court & Prosecutors' Office)	남한산성입구 (성남법원·검찰청)	南漢山城入口			1.3	26.6
824	Dandaeogeori (Shingu College)	단대오거리 (신구대학교)	丹岱오거리			0.8	27.4
825	Sinheung	신흥	新興			0.8	28.2
826	Sujin	수진	壽進			0.9	29.1
827	Moran	모란	牡丹			1.0	30.1

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