Gubanpo Station is a railway station on Line 9 of the Seoul Subway.
Prior to the opening of Line 9, it was planned to be called Seoritgae Station, but the name was changed due to various reasons posed by local residents.
Gubanpo Station is a station located at 1053 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul. It opened on July 24, 2009 with the opening of Phase 1 of Seoul Subway Line 9 () . It is the 25th station from the starting/ending point, Gaehwa, and is 4 stations from Sinnonhyeon Station, the last station of Phase 1. It is 1.0 km from Dongjak Station, which is a transfer station with Line 4. It is also 1.5 km from Express Bus Terminal Station, where you can transfer to Lines 3 and 7.
Gubanpo Station was originally planned to be named Seoritgae Station the name was changed because 6,700 residents had issues with that name (Seoritgae means 'A stream of water flows round and round". (.)) There were three reasons why residents did not like the name Seoritgae.
Because of these reasons, residents requested to change the name to Gubanpo Station or Banpo-bon Dong Station and the name was changed to Gubanpo after a discussion.
People who agreed with the name 'Seoritgae' said that it could be chaotic because there would 3 stations in the area with the name 'Banpo', which are Gubanpo, Sinbanpo, and Banpo.