Shilin Station
Shilin Station 士林站 | |
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| 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 17th of 89) |
| Operator(s) | Taipei Rapid Transit System |
 There is a bus stop near this station. | |
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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
Station layout
| 2F | Platform 1 | ← Tamsui Line toward Tamsui/ Beitou (Zhishan) |
| Platform 2 | → Tamsui Line toward Xiangshan/ Daan (Jiantan) → | |
| Street Level | Lobby | Entrance/Exit, information desk, 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
- Shilin Paper Factory
- Shilin Junior High School
- Shilin Elementary School
- Kuo Yuan Ye
- Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry
- Eslite Bookstore
- Fulin Park
- Taipei North Branch, Taiwan Power Company
- Shilin Police Department
- Taipei Astronomical Museum
- National Science Taiwan Education Center
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shilin Station. |
- ↑ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). 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.
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toward Tamsui | Red Line Tamsui Line | toward |
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Coordinates: 25°05′36″N 121°31′34″E / 25.093453876595593°N 121.52621197035722°E