Zhongshan metro station
Taipei metro station | |||||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 中山 | ||||||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||||||
Location | 16 Nanjing W Rd Zhongshan and Datong Districts, Taipei (R) Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°03′09″N 121°31′13″E / 25.0526°N 121.5204°ECoordinates: 25°03′09″N 121°31′13″E / 25.0526°N 121.5204°E | ||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Tamsui–Xinyi line Songshan–Xindian line | ||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No access | ||||||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||
Station code | R11, G14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | web | ||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1997-03-28[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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2014-11-15 | Songshan–Xindian line added | ||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | 28.072 million per year[2] 0.93% | ||||||||||||||||||
Rank | (Ranked 9th of 109) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Zhongshan (Chinese: 中山, formerly transliterated as Chungshan Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. It is a transfer station between Tamsui–Xinyi and Songshan–Xindian lines. The station opened on 28 March 1997 for traffic on the Tamsui line, and Songshan line services opened on 15 November 2014. It is located in the middle of the underground Zhongshan Metro Mall and Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store.
Station overview[]
The station is an underground structure with an island platform and four exits when Tamsui line opened.[3] It is located at the intersection of Nanjing West Rd. and the Metro Park (near Chengde Rd. and Zhongshan North Rd.). It is also a transfer station with the Songshan line.
The Songshan line station added two additional exits and renovated two existing exits.[4] The station is a four-level, underground station. The Songshan line station is 26 m (85 ft) deep and 176 m (577 ft) long and 23 m (75 ft) meters wide.
Public Art[]
Note: Exit 4 was recently reconstructed with transparent, self-cleaning glass to better integrate with nearby department stores.[5] The new Songshan line station has a theme of "Happy Transit".
History[]
The station was opened on 28 March 1997, as a terminus station of the Tamsui line until 25 December 1997. Later on, on 15 November 2014, Songshan line opened. On 20 July 2015, there was a knife attack injuring four.[6]
Station layout[]
L1 | Street Level | Entrance/Exit, Metro Park |
B1 | Concourse | Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates |
Zhongshan Art Corridor, Zhongshan Metro Mall (south side of station) Restroms (inside mall) | ||
B2 | Platform 1 | ← Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R12 Shuanglian) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Platform 2 | → Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R10 Taipei Main Station) → | |
B3 | Passage Level | Escalators, elevators to concourse and platform levels |
B4 | Platform 3 | ← Songshan–Xindian Line toward Songshan (G15 Songjiang Nanjing) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Platform 4 | → Songshan–Xindian Line toward Xindian / Taipower Building (G13 Beimen) → |
Other metro services[]
The station is an entrance to the Zhongshan Metro Mall, connecting (between this station and Shuanglian station).
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zhongshan Station (Taipei). |
- ^ "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Route Map: Zhongshan". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ^ "捷運系統松山線簡介" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ^ "整潔、明亮、透視度最佳的出入口 捷運中山站4號出入口". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
- ^ "Knife-wielding assailant stabs four in Taipei MRT - Taipei Times". 21 July 2015.
- Tamsui–Xinyi line stations
- Songshan–Xindian line stations
- Railway stations opened in 1997