Touqianzhuang Station

Touqianzhuang Station
頭前庄站
Location
Municipality New Taipei
District(s) Xinzhuang
Info
Type Underground
Rail services
Line(s) ■ Xinzhuang Line (O3)
■ Circular Line (Y17)
Operator(s) Taipei Rapid Transit System

The Taipei Metro Touqianzhuang Station is a planned junction station on the Xinzhuang Line and Circular Line located in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. The station is scheduled to open in March 2012.

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Station overview

This three-level, underground station will have an island platform.[1] It will be located beneath the intersection of Zhongzheng Rd. and Siyuan Rd. It is scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line.[2]

It is a planned transfer station with the Circular Line, which will have an elevated platform. It is scheduled to open in 2015.[3]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station will be 24.53 to 25.13 m (80.5 to 82.4 ft). It will be 170.85 m (560.5 ft) in length and 17.85 m (58.6 ft) wide. The platform will be 141 m (463 ft) meters long.[4] It will have six entrances, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.[1] Two of the entrances will connect with an existing pedestrian underpass.

The station will be constructed under the existing Siyuan Road pedestrian passage. In addition, the location of the station includes many utility pipelines that could not be relocated. Thus, due to the limited construction area, the station will not be constructed using the cut-and-cover method employed in other stations. Instead, construction use the pipe jacking method from sidewalks, outer lanes of roads, and the spaces between Dahan Bridge piers.[5]

Design

The theme for the station will be "Thousands of sails: North Taiwan's Xinzhuang port".[6] Entrances will be constructed from glass, steel frames, aluminum plates, and metal.

Station layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Connecting Level Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates (Under construction)
Restrooms (Under construction)
B2 Platform Xinzhuang Line toward Fu Jen University
Island platform, Under construction
Platform Xinzhuang Line toward Nanshijiao

Around the station

Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
Orange Line
toward Nanshijiao

References

  1. ^ a b "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/9101511114377.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-17. 
  2. ^ 黃村杉 (2010-03-18). "北縣／捷運新莊線搶先通　市民「樂」官員「愁」". NOWnews. http://www.nownews.com/2010/03/18/11459-2581488.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 
  3. ^ "環狀線第一階段簡介". Department of Rapid Transit System. 2009-12-01. http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/011315423491.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  4. ^ "捷運車站建築設計 後續路網 新莊線-縣轄段各車站透視圖說明". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/human/artnet/arch_xinzhuang.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-01. 
  5. ^ "Pipe Jacking Method Applied to Underground Pedestrian Passage". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-07-01. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns281/281-05.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-22. 
  6. ^ "( O3 ) Touqianzhuang". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-19. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/english/Network/sta/sta_O3.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-17. 
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