Jiantan Station


Jiantan Station 劍潭站
Jiantan Station
Location
Municipality	Taipei
District(s)	Shilin
Address	No. 65, Sec. 5, Zhongshan N. Rd.
Info
Type	Elevated
History
Opened	March 28, 1997
Rail services
Line(s)	■ Tamsui Line (R18A)
Daily Ridership	65,967 (Jul. 2011)^[1] (Ranked 8^th of 89)
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit System
There is a bus stop near this station.

Jiantan Station

Traditional Chinese

劍潭站

Simplified Chinese

剑潭站

Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin	Jiàntán-Zhàn
- Tongyong Pinyin	Jiàntán-Jhàn
- Wade–Giles	Chien⁴-t'an²-Chan⁴
- Bopomofo	ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄓㄢˋ
Min
- Hokkien POJ	Kiàm-thâm-Chām

The Taipei Metro Jiantan Station is a station on Tamsui Line (Red Line), located in the Jiantan(劍潭) area of Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. There was a station of the same name on the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line, however the position was different; the TRA station was further south.

1 Station overview
2 History
- 2.1 TRA Station
- 2.2 Taipei Metro Station
3 Station layout
- 3.1 Exits
4 Around the station
5 External links
6 References

Station overview

The station is an elevated structure with one island platform and two side exits. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.^[2]

This station is well-known for its architecture, which is based on a dragon boat. The station is also next to the Shilin Night Market^[3] and experiences heavy traffic during the evening hours.

Due to its unique dragon boat architecture, it was awarded the 19th Annual Taiwan Architecture Award in 1997.^[4]

History

TRA Station

August 17, 1915: Opened for service as "Miyanoshita Station" (宮ノ下乘降場). It was for passengers looking to visit Taiwan Grand Shrine on Jiantan Mountain. (The shrine no longer exits; its former location is where the Grand Hotel currently stands.)
After the war, the name was changed to "Jiantan Station". The station was closed in the 1950s. The station location was where the Jiantan Youth Activity Center currently stands.

Taipei Metro Station

The station was originally going to be constructed as two stations: one at the old TRA station location (R18) and another one called Mingchuan Station (R19). However, residents around the proposed Mingchuan Station opposed the station. Thus, a station was constructed at the midpoint of the two proposed stations (hence the current station number R18A).

March 28, 1997: Opened for service with the opening of the segment from Tamsui to Zhongshan.

Station layout

2F	Platform 1	← Tamsui Line toward Tamsui/Beitou (Shilin)
	Island platform, Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Tamsui Line toward Xindian/Nanshijiao (Yuanshan) →
Street Level	Lobby	Entrance/Exit, information counter, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms