Sanchong Station
Sanchong Station 三重站 | |
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| Sanchong Station concourse with public art display | |
| Location | |
| Municipality | New Taipei |
| District(s) | Sanchong |
| Address | B1, No. 36, Jieyun Rd., Sanchong District |
| Info | |
| Type | Underground/Elevated |
| History | |
| Opened | January 5, 2012 |
| Rail services | |
| Line(s) | Xinzhuang Line (O5) Taoyuan Airport MRT (A2) |
| Operator(s) | Taipei Rapid Transit System |
 There is a bus stop near this station. | |
The Taipei Metro Sanchong Station is a station on the Xinzhuang Line located in Sanchong District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[1] The station opened for service on January 5, 2012.[2] It is a planned transfer station with the Taoyuan Airport MRT.
Station overview
This two-level, underground station has an island platform.[3] It is located beneath Jieyun Rd., Lane 3 and Shuhong East Rd, near the Erchong flood diversion channel.[4] It was scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line,[5] but opened for service earlier on January 5, 2012.[2]
It will be a transfer station with the Taoyuan Airport MRT, which will be a four-level, elevated station with an island platform.[6]
Construction
Excavation depth for this station is 19.2 m (63 ft). It is 221.4 m (726 ft) in length and 21.55 m (70.7 ft) wide.[7] It has three entrances, one accessibility elevator, and three vent shafts.[3] Two of the entrances are located next to a joint development lot. An 8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft) plot of land beside the station is being set aside for joint development projects.[4] The entrance features a double arch-shaped glass roof.
Design
The station design is based on a theme of "Waterfront Green Land" with walls and floors inlaid with various materials to form patterns (such as rushing water).[4]
Station layout
| Street Level | Entrance/Exit | Entrance/Exit |
| B1 | Connecting Level | Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates |
| Restrooms | ||
| B2 | Platform 1 | ← Xinzhuang Line toward Huilong (Xianse Temple) |
| Island platform, Doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | → Xinzhuang Line toward Nanshijiao (Cailiao) → | |
Exits
- Exit 1: No. 36, Jieyun Rd., near Shuhong E. Rd.
- Exit 2: Jieyun Rd. (near Lane 22)
- Exit 3: Jieyun Rd. (near Lane 19)
Around the station
- Erchong Floodway
- Erchong Floodway Park
- Jimei Elementary School
- Sanchong High School
- New Taipei Bridge
- Chongxin Bridge
- Zhongxing Bridge
| Preceding station | Taipei Metro | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
toward Huilong |
Orange Line | toward Nanshijiao |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sanchong Station. |
- ↑ "Sanchong". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "( O5 ) Sanchong". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ↑ 黃村杉 (2010-03-18). "北縣／捷運新莊線搶先通 市民「樂」官員「愁」". NOWnews. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ↑ "A2車站影片簡介". MRT Engineering Office, Bureau of High Speed Rail, MOTC. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
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