Singil Station (pronounced shin-gill) is a station on the Seoul Subway's Line 1 and 5.
The transfer distance between the platforms on Lines 1 and 5 are fairly long, around 260 meters.[2] The Line 1 station is the first aboveground station in South Korea to have operating platform screen doors.[4]
On April 14, 2020, at 6:28 a.m., a Korail K1008 express electric train bound for Yongsan station has derailed 300 meters near Singil station due to a defect that damaged the axle. There was no casualties, but train operations in Line 1, Gyeongin Line and Gyeongbu line are affected.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b c "신길역" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
- ^ a b c d "신길역" (in Korean). KRIC. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
- ^ a b Monthly Number of Passengers between Subway Stations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Transportation Database, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ "서울 신길역에 첫 '스크린 도어'" (in Korean). 2004-12-30.
- ^ Kook, Yoon-jin (2020-04-14). "서울지하철 1호선 열차 신길역 인근서 탈선…급행 운행중단". 교통방송 (in Korean).
- ^ "(제2021-2호)한국철도공사 경부선 영등포역 구내 전동열차 탈선사고('20.4.14.)" (PDF). 항공․철도사고조사위원회 (Accident and Railway Investigation Board). 2021-04-27.
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