Seoul Subway Line 8

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. At in length, Line 8 is the shortest of all heavy rail Seoul Metropolitan Subway lines.

Line 8 uses triangular, pink station signs; it shares its station sign design with Lines 5 and 7 (except in colour). The triangle's apex points in the direction that trains run, with the hypotenuse pointing in the opposite direction. The upper half of the triangle displays the station number, with the Hangul name of the station appearing in the middle and the English and Hanja names in the lower part. An arm projects from the apex to point to the next station, with another arm pointing from the back to the previous station.

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 added of line to the already existing . with operation beginning on August 10, 2024.

Another northern extension is planned to bring the line to ByeollaeByeolgaram station on Seoul Subway Line 4.

The southern end is planned to be extended to Pangyo station.

Stations Stationnumber Station name Station name Transfer Line name Distance Totaldistance Location ByeollaeByeolgaram (planned) Byeollae Dasan 다산 Donggureung 동구릉 Guri Jangja Lake Park 장자호수공원 Amsa History Park 암사역사공원 Amsa Cheonho (Pungnaptoseong) Gangdong-gu Office Mongchontoseong (World Peace Gate) Jamsil (Songpa-gu Office) Seokchon(Hansol Hospital) Songpa Garak Market Munjeong Jangji Bokjeong Namwirye Sanseong Namhansanseong (Seongnam Court & Prosecutors' Office) Dandaeogeori (Shingu College) Sinheung Sujin Moran

Ridership Seoul Subway Line 8 Ridership YearRidershipChange (%)Remarks202660,958,624 -Updated as of June 20262025119,303,336 4.5Highest on record2024114,193,830 7.2Phase 3 opening2023106,522,000 8.8202297,937,000 10.6202188,547,000 2.0Opening of Namwirye station between Sanseong and Bokjeong202086,820,000 22.5COVID-19 pandemic2019112,087,000 4.12018107,720,000 4.02017103,566,000 5.0201698,621,000 10.5201589,238,000 0.3201488,927,000 1.4201387,722,000 0.3201287,491,000 1.7201186,052,000 2.0201084,404,000 2.3200982,480,000 1.2200883,482,000 1.9200781,921,000 0.5200682,302,000 1.8200583,841,000 0.8200484,509,000 0.9200383,745,000 0.6200283,246,000 2.8200180,958,000 62.7200049,768,000 16.0199959,256,000 76.2Phase 2 opening199833,622,000 4.1199732,305,000 -Line begins service

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