CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · Places & Architecture

Songpanaru station

metro station in Seoul

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ4855180 ↗
Source-derived summary

Songpanaru is a station on Seoul Subway Line 9. It was opened on December 1, 2018.

Editorial summary

“Songpanaru station” enters the record as metro station in Seoul. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Songpanaru, station and metro can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Songpanaru, station and metro.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Songpanaru station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Songpanaru, station and metro provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4855180. Authority coordinates are 37.511, 127.113. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2018.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Songpanaru station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Songpanaru station primary sources, Songpanaru station archive and Songpanaru research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Songpanaru station”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Songpanaru station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.