Central Park Station (Kaohsiung)

Central Park Station
中央公園站
Central Park Station
Location
Municipality Kaohsiung
District(s) Sinsing
Info
Type Underground
Platforms One island platform
History
Opened March 9, 2008
Rail services
Line(s) Red Line (R9)
Daily Ridership (Jan. 2011)[1]
Operator(s) Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Central Park Station (Kaohsiung)
Traditional Chinese 中央公園車站
Simplified Chinese 中央公园车站

The Kaohsiung MRT Central Park Station is a station on the Red Line in Sinsing District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The station is named after the nearby Central Park.

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Station Overview

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and three exits.[2] It is 197 meters long and is located at the intersections of Zhongshan 1st Rd., Minsheng 2nd Rd., and Wufu 3rd Rd.[3]

It was originally planned to be named "Shinkuchan Station", but was later changed to its current name. The station was designed by British architect Richard Rogers.[4][5] Windmill-shaped flowers cover the courtyard grass areas.[6]

Station Layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (West side outside fare zone, near Exit 1)
B2 Platform 1 Red Line toward Siaogang (Sanduo Shopping District)
Island platform, Door open on the left
Platform 2 Red Line toward Ciaotou (Formosa Boulevard)

Exits

Around the Station

Nearby stations

Preceding station   Kaohsiung MRT   Following station
toward Ciaotou
Red Line
toward Siaogang

References