Gangdong station

**548**
**강동 (강동성심병원)**
Gangdong
(Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital)
548	강동 (강동성심병원); Gangdong; (Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital)
	Station platform
Korean name
Hangul	강동역
Hanja	江東驛
Revised Romanization	Gangdong-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Kangdong-yŏk
General information
Location	1099 Cheonhodaero, 447 Cheonho 3-dong, ; Gangdong-gu, Seoul
Operated by	Seoul Metro
Line(s)	Line 5
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	November 15, 1995
Services

Gangdong Station (Korean: 강동역; lit. river east station) is a station on Seoul Subway Line 5. The line branches off to the northeast and the southeast at this point, with Gil-dong station to the northeast and Dunchon-dong station to the southeast. Cheonho station precedes it on the west.^[1]^[2]^[3]

history

November 15, 1995: Business began with the opening of the section between Wangsimni Station and Sangil-dong Station on Seoul Subway Line 5. March 30, 1996: It became a transfer station with the opening of the Gangdong Station to Macheon Station section of Line 5's Macheonji Line. August 1, 2016: Bugi station name changed to Gangdong Sacred Heart Hospital. August 2019: Bugi station name deleted due to expiration of contract period.

Station layout

G

Street level

Exit

L1
Concourse

Lobby

Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs

L2 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← Line 5 toward Banghwa (Cheonho)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ Line 5 toward Hanam Geomdansan (Gil-dong)→ → Line 5 toward Macheon (Dunchon-dong)→