Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station
中正紀念堂站
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station platform
Location
Municipality Taipei
District(s) Zhongzheng
Address B1F., No. 8-1, Sec. 1, Roosevelt Rd.
Info
Type Underground
History
Opened December 24, 1998
Rail services
Line(s) ■ Tamsui Line (R11)
■ Xindian Line (G11)
Daily Ridership 54,387 (Jul. 2011)[1]
(Ranked 13th of 89)
Operator(s) Taipei Rapid Transit System
There is a bus stop near this station.
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station
Traditional Chinese 中正紀念堂站
Simplified Chinese 中正纪念堂站

The Taipei Metro Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station is located in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan.[2] It is a transfer station on the Tamsui Line and the Xindian/Xiaonanmen Branch Lines. While the memorial for which the station is named was embroiled in a naming dispute,[3] the name of the station has remained unchanged.

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Station overview

The station is a three-level, underground structure with two island platforms and seven exits.[4] The two platforms are stacked on top of one another, allowing for cross-platform interchange. The washrooms are outside the entrance area. The station is situated under Roosevelt Road, between Nanhai Road, Linsen South Road, and Aiguo East Road.

When completed in 2013, the station will be a transfer station with the Songshan Line. It is also a planned terminus for the Wanda-Shulin Line.[5][6]

Public art

The station is home to several public art pieces. By the escalators connecting the two platform levels, a piece titled "Metamorphosis" displays a holographic flight trajectory of a paper plane.[7] Along some of the entrance hallways, "Musical Skies" shows light boxes with images clouds in a blue sky.[7] On the upper platform in "Platform, Stage", elements from Taiwanese folk arts and Chinese opera have been transformed into abstract elements and minimized into two curtains of lines and flat surfaces.[7]

Station layout

L1 Street Level Exit/ Entrance
B1 Northern Concourse Lobby, one-way faregates, information desk
Restrooms, to Exits 5, 6, 7
Southern Concourse Lobby, one-way faregates, information desk
To Exits 1, 2, 3, 4
B2 Platform 1 ← Tamsui Line towards Tamsui / Beitou (NTU Hospital)
Island platform, Doors will open on the left
Platform 2 ← Xiaonanmen Branch toward Ximen (Xiaonanmen)
B3 Platform 3 → Tamsui Line toward Xindian / Nanshijiao (Guting) →
Island platform, Doors will open on the left
Platform 4 ← Xiaonanmen Branch toward Ximen (Xiaonanmen)

Note: The station is currently a terminus for the Xiaonanmen Line. Thus, only one platform for that line (either Platform 2 or 4) is open for revenue service at any given time; platform usage alternates to ensure equal usage. When the Songshan Line opens in 2013, both platforms will become operational to accommodate northbound traffic.

Exits

Around the station

Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
toward Tamsui/ Beitou
 Red Line
Green Line
toward Ximen
 Xiaonanmen Line Terminus

References

  1. ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2011-08-24. http://tcgwww.taipei.gov.tw/site/tcg/public/MMO/dot/m17.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
  2. ^ "Route Map: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=042. Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
  3. ^ Caroline Gluck (2007-05-19). "Taiwan to rename Chiang landmark". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6672017.stm. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
  4. ^ "第二章 土木，建築，水環、軌道". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. http://www2.sdpo.dorts.gov.tw/paper_gln/3th/stuff2.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 
  5. ^ "Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Routes)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-03-12. http://english.dorts.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=205658&ctNode=19582&mp=115002. Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
  6. ^ "President promotes plans to build Wanda MRT line". Taipei Times. 2010-01-10. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/01/10/2003463114. Retrieved 2010-11-22. 
  7. ^ a b c "Public Art on the Xindian Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/english/Humanity/PublicArt/Guide_Xindian.asp. Retrieved 2010-12-06.