Kaohsiung International Airport Station

Kaohsiung International Airport Station
高雄國際機場站
Kaohsiung International Airport Station Exit 1
Location
Municipality Kaohsiung
District(s) Siaogang
Info
Type Underground
Platforms One island platform
History
Opened March 9, 2008
Rail services
Line(s)      Red Line (R4)
Daily Ridership 3,070 (Jan. 2011)[1]
Operator(s) Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Kaohsiung International Airport Station
Traditional Chinese 高雄國際機場車站
Simplified Chinese 高雄国际机场车站

The Kaohsiung MRT Kaohsiung International Airport Station is a station on the Red Line in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The station refers to the nearby Kaohsiung International Airport.

Station overview

Kaohsiung International Airport Station Exit 6.
Kaohsiung International Airport Station Exit 7.

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and seven exits.[2] It is 195 meters long and is located at the intersection of Jhongshan 4th Rd. and Dayeh North Rd.[3]

This station was the first time a subway network had been linked to an airport in Taiwan. In Chinese, this station and Nangang Software Park Station on the Taipei Metro share the longest subway station names in Taiwan.

Station layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Near Exits 2 & 4)
B2 Platform 1 KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Terminus)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 KMRT Red Line toward Gangshan South (Caoya)

Exits

Around the station

Nearby stations

Preceding station   Kaohsiung MRT   Following station
Red Line
Terminus

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kaohsiung International Airport Station.
  1. "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  2. "高雄國際機場站". 高雄捷運公司. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  3. "高雄國際機場車站週邊地圖". 高雄市政府捷運工程局. Retrieved 2010-07-10.

Coordinates: 22°34′15″N 120°20′30″E / 22.57083°N 120.34167°E