Mingde Station

Mingde Station
明德站
Mingde Station platform
Location
Municipality Taipei
District(s) Beitou
Address No. 95, Mingde Rd.
Info
Type Elevated
History
Opened March 28, 1997
Rail services
Line(s) Tamsui Line (R22)
Daily Ridership 20,838 (Jul. 2011)[1]
(Ranked 51st of 89)
Operator(s) Taipei Rapid Transit System
There is a bus stop near this station.
Mingde Station
Chinese 明德站

The Taipei Metro Mingde Station (traditional Chinese: 捷運明德站) is located in the Beitou District (北投區) of Taipei, Taiwan. The station is on the Tamsui Line, otherwise known as "the red line" by locals. It is also a minor bus transfer point for connections to Tianmu (天母) and Yangmingshan National Park (陽明山).

Contents

Station overview

The station is an elevated structure with one island platform and one exit,[2] situated between Donghua Street (東華街) and Xi'an Street (西安街) at the midsection of Mingde Road (明德路).

Originally, it was planned to be called "Tianmu Station," but was changed before the station opened.

History

Station layout

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

Exits

Around the station

Education

Mingde Station
Traditional Chinese 明德站
Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
toward Tamsui/ Beitou
Red Line

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: Mingde". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=060. Retrieved 2010-06-21. 
  3. ^ "Taipei Municipal Zhong-zheng Senior High School". Zhong-zheng Senior High School. June 4, 2008. http://203.72.62.6/english/. 
  4. ^ "Taipei Municipal Wen-line Elementary School". Wenlin Elementary School. June 14, 2008. http://web.wles.tp.edu.tw/eng/eng00.htm.