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Xiaonanmen Station
小南門站
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| Xiaonanmen Station Platform | |
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| Municipality | Taipei |
| District(s) | Zhongzheng |
| Address | B1F., No. 22, Aiguo W. Rd. |
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| Type | Underground |
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| Opened | August 31, 2000 |
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| Line(s) | ■ Xiaonanmen Line (G12) |
| Daily Ridership | 8,354 (Jul. 2011)[1] (Ranked 79th of 89) |
| Operator(s) | Taipei Rapid Transit System |
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| Traditional Chinese | 小南門站 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 小南门站 | ||||||||||||
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The Taipei Metro Xiaonanmen Station is an underground station on the Xiaonanmen Line located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan.
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This two-level, underground station has an island platform and four exits.[2]
Although the station has an island platform, it is currently served by a single train shuttling between Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Ximen, even though it is technically possible to operate a through service all the way to Xindian. It is labeled as light green color on Taipei Metro maps, though it shares the same color livery as other stations on the Xindian Line. The station is surrounded by government buildings and education institutions, serving mainly students and civil servants; thus, it remains relatively quiet for most of the day.
In 2010, the station was used for the filming of a scene for a Taiwanese romantic comedy film, Au Revoir Taipei (一頁台北). The station was emptied for filming and a train was arranged specifically for shooting.[3]
The shuttle service operates at a 8 to 10 minutes headway, and LED displays are installed on both platforms to inform passengers of the direction in which the train is travelling towards. To ensure that all tracks on the line remain in serviceable condition, the passenger shuttle service alternates the platform it serves for every four months, while maintenance works are performed on the inoperative platform and track.[5][6] Starting February 21, 2011, tracks will no longer need to be alternated. Instead, both tracks will come into operation.[7]
The shuttle service is expected to come to an end in 2013, when the Songshan Line is completed and trains begin to run the full-length Green Line service between Songshan and Xindian.
| Street Level | Entrance/Exit | Entrance/Exit |
| B1 | Concourse Level | |
| Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms (Outside fare zone) |
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| B2 | Platform 1 | ← Xiaonanmen Line toward Ximen/CKS Memorial Hall → |
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| Platform 2 | ← Xiaonanmen Line toward Ximen/CKS Memorial Hall → | |
Note: The station is currently a station on the Xiaonanmen Line. Thus, only one platform for that line (either Platform 1 or 2) 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 two-way traffic.
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