Hongik University Station exits: which exit for Hongdae and the Gyeongui Line Book Street

Hongik University Station, usually just called Hongdae, is served by three lines in the game: Line 2 (station 239), the Airport Railroad and the Gyeongui-Jungang Line. The airport railroad makes it one of the easiest places in the city to reach straight from Incheon or Gimpo.

Hongdae's streets: exit 9

Visit Seoul gives exit 9 for Hongdae Street, about a five-minute walk, and the Hongdae Tourist Information Center is also reached from exit 9. This is the side of the station with the street performances and fashion shops the area is known for.

Gyeongui Line Book Street: exit 6

The Gyeongui Line Book Street, a row of small bookshops and reading spaces on the old railway line, is 54 metres from exit 6, according to Visit Seoul. It is part of the long park built where the Gyeongui Line used to run on the surface.

Typing it

In Hangul the station is 홍대입구, ten keystrokes. In English it is Hongik University, a spelling the school uses instead of the standard romanization, which we explain in Sinchon or Sincheon?.

Exit numbers and distances here are the ones published by Seoul's official tourism sites. Stations get rebuilt and exits are sometimes closed for works, so check the signs in the station as well.