Fu Jen University Station

Coordinates: 25°01′58″N 121°26′09″E / 25.0328°N 121.4359°E

Fu Jen University Station
輔大站
Fu Jen University Station Platform 1
Location
Municipality New Taipei
District(s) Xinzhuang
Address B1, No. 510-1, Zhongzheng Rd.
Info
Type Underground
History
Opened January 5, 2012
Rail services
Line(s)      Xinzhuang Line (O1)
Operator(s) Taipei Rapid Transit System
There is a bus stop near this station.

The Taipei Metro Fu Jen University Station is a station on the Xinzhuang Line located in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[1] The station opened on January 5, 2012,[2] and is named after the nearby Fu Jen Catholic University.

Station overview

Fu Jen University concourse level

This two-level, underground station has an island platform.[3] It is located beneath the intersection of Zhongzheng Rd. and Lane 508, Zhongzheng Rd. It was originally scheduled to open in 2013,[4] but it began service earlier January 5, 2012.[2] It was originally planned as the western terminus of the Xinzhuang Line, hence the station number (O1); the new terminus will instead be Huilong.

Construction

Evacuation depth for this station was around 19 m (62 ft). It is 199.5 m (655 ft) in length and 16.55 m (54.3 ft) wide.[5] It has four entrances, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.[3]

Station layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Level Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near Exit 2)
B2 Platform 1      Xinzhuang Line toward Huilong (Danfeng)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2      Xinzhuang Line toward Nanshijiao (Xinzhuang)

Exits

Around the station

Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
toward Huilong
Orange Line
toward Nanshijiao

References

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  1. "Fu Jen University". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  4. 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.
  5. "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.