Shilin Station

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Shilin Station 士林站
Shilin Station
Location
Municipality	Taipei
District(s)	Shilin
Address	No. 1, Fude Road
Info
Type	Elevated
History
Opened	March 28, 1997
Rail services
Line(s)	Tamsui Line (R20) Circular Line (Y26)
Daily Ridership	52,443 (2011)^[1] (Ranked 17^th of 89)
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit System
There is a bus stop near this station.

Shilin Station

Chinese

士林站

Transcriptions
Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shìlín-Zhàn
Tongyong Pinyin	Shìhlín-Jhàn
Wade–Giles	Shih⁴-lin²-Chan⁴
Bopomofo	ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄢˋ
Min
Hokkien POJ	Sū-lîm-Chām

The Taipei Metro Shilin Station is located in the Shilin District of Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Red Line. The station was formerly a stop on the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line.

Station overview

Shilin Station platform.

Shilin Station concourse and escalators.

The station is situated between the metro-shaped park and Zhongzheng Road, near Zhongshan North Road and Wenlin Road. The station is an elevated structure with one island platform and two sided exits. The restrooms are inside the entrance area of both exits.^[2]

In the future, the station will allow transfers to the planned Circular Line via an underground station.^[3]

History

TRA Station

October 25, 1901: Opened for service along with the Tamsui Railway Line as "Shilin Parking Station."
July 15, 1988: Closed along with the TRA Tamsui Line.

Taipei Metro Station

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 or Beitou (Zhishan)
	Island platform, Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Tamsui Line toward Xindian or Xiangshan (Jiantan) →
Street Level	Lobby	Entrance/Exit, information counter, automated ticket dispensing machines, one-way fare gates Restrooms

Exits

Exit 1: Zhongzheng Rd., adjacent to Zhongshan N. Rd. Sec. 5
Exit 2: Fude Rd.

Around the station

Shilin Night Market
Shilin Official Residence
Guanghua Cinema
Shilin Paper Factory
Shilin Junior High School
Shilin Elementary School
Eslite Bookstore
Fulin Park
Taipei North Branch, Taiwan Power Company
Shilin Police Department
Taipei Astronomical Museum
National Science Taiwan Education Center

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shilin Station.

↑ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
↑ "Route Map: Shilin". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
↑ "Network: Third Stage". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-05-10.

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Zhishan toward Tamsui/ Beitou		Red Line Tamsui Line		Jiantan toward Xindian

v t e Taipei Metro Red Line (Tamsui Line, Xinyi Line, Xinbeitou Branch Line)

Tamsui Hongshulin Zhuwei Guandu Zhongyi Fuxinggang Beitou Qiyan Qilian Shipai Mingde Zhishan Shilin Jiantan Yuanshan Minquan W. Road■ Shuanglian Zhongshan Taipei Main Station■ NTU Hospital Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Xindian Line — Guting Taipower Building Gongguan Wanlong Jingmei Dapinglin Qizhang Xindian District Office Xindian — Xindian Line

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Dongmen Daan Park Daan Xinyi Anhe Taipei 101/World Trade Center Xiangshan Xinyi Songde Zhongpo

Xinbeitou Branch Line Xinbeitou Beitou

v t e Taipei Metro Yellow Line (Circular Line, North-South Line)

Xiulang Bridge (under planning) Jiannan Road (under planning) New Taipei Industrial Park Xingfu Touqianzhuang Xinpu Minsheng Banqiao Banxin Zhongyuan Qiaohe Huazhong Bridge Jingan Jingping Xiulang Bridge Shisizhang Dapinglin (under planning) Taipei Zoo

Coordinates: 25°2′52″N 121°31′2″E / 25.04778°N 121.51722°E / 25.04778; 121.51722

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