Beitou metro station

Beitou

北投
Beitou; 北投
	Beitou station
Chinese name
Chinese	北投
Hanyu Pinyin
showTranscriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Běitóu
Bopomofo	ㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Wade–Giles	Pei3-t'ou2
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Pet-thèu
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Pak-tâu
General information
Location	No. 1, Guangming Rd.; Beitou, Taipei; Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System;
Line(s)	Tamsui–Xinyi Line; Red Line: Xinbeitou Branch;
Platforms	4
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	R22
History
Opened	28 March 1997
Passengers
	daily (December 2020)
Rank	46 out of 109
Services

The Taipei Metro Beitou station (formerly transliterated as Peitou Station until 2003) is a station on Red Line (Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Branch Line), located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of station can be traced back the same name station of the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Line.

Station overview[]

Beitou station platform level.

A Xinbeitou Branch Line train approaches on Platform 4.

The two-level, elevated station structure with one island platform and two side platforms. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.^[2] There are several amenities around the station. This include Beitou Presbyterian Church and Beitou Market.

Just north of the station, there are crossovers between the Tamsui Line and the Xinbeitou Branch Line, and between the tracks of each individual line, in both directions. Also to the north, the two Tamsui Line tracks cross over each other not at grade.

South of the station, the four tracks merge into two and cross over each other at a flying junction, and there are crossovers to allow trains from Daan to terminate here.

History[]

The TRA station at Beitou was opened on 25 October 1901 as "Hokutō Station" (Japanese: 北投停車場), and another railway line, Shin-hokutō Railway Line was opened on 1 April 1916. On 15 July 1988; the service was discontinued in order to make way for the opening of the segment from Tamsui to Zhongshan for Taipei Metro on 28 March 1997.

Station layout[]

2F	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 4	← Red Line toward Xinbeitou (R22A Terminus)
	Platform 3	→ Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Daan (R21 Qiyan) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Platform 2	→ Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Xiangshan (R21 Qiyan) →
	Platform 1	← Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Tamsui (R23 Fuxinggang)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
Street Level	Concourse	Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms

Around the station[]

Lady Zhou's Memorial Gate

First and Last Train Timing[]

The first and last train timing at Beitou station ^[3] is as follows:

Destination	First Train		Last Train
Destination	Mon − Fri	Sat − Sun and P.H.	Daily
Tamsui–Xinyi Line
R28 Tamsui	06:03	06:03	01:00
R02 Xiangshan	06:00	06:00	00:16
Red Line: Xinbeitou Branch
R22A Xinbeitou	06:00	06:00	00:10