Tucheng Station (Taipei Metro)
Tucheng Station 土城站 | |
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| Tucheng Station Platform | |
| Location | |
| Municipality | New Taipei |
| District(s) | Tucheng |
| Address | B1F, No. 105, Sec. 1, Jincheng Rd. |
| Info | |
| Type | Underground |
| History | |
| Opened | May 31, 2006 |
| Rail services | |
| Line(s) | Tucheng Line (BL38) |
| Daily Ridership | (2011)[1] (Ranked of 89) |
| Operator(s) | Taipei Rapid Transit System |
 There is a bus stop near this station. | |
| Tucheng Station (Taipei Metro) | |||||||
| Chinese | 土城站 | ||||||
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The Taipei Metro Tucheng Station is a station on the Tucheng Line located in Tucheng District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[2]
Station layout
| L1 | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
| B1 | Concourse | Lobby, automatic ticket dispensing machine, information desk, one-way faregates Restrooms (North side, outside fare zone near Exit 3) |
| B2 | Platform 1 | ← Tucheng Line towards Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Haishan) |
| Platform 2 | → Tucheng Line towards Yongning (Terminus) → | |
It is a two-level, underground station with an island platform configuration and has three exits. The station is located underneath Jincheng Rd. at its intersection with Heping Rd.
It is a planned transfer station with the Wanda-Shulin Line, scheduled to open in 2018.[3]
History
Public art
Public art for the station consists of a faux archeological piece titled "The Legend of Gold Town". Produced through high-tech means, the piece is displayed similarly to how excavated artifacts are displayed. It depicts historical diversity and the development of the Tucheng area and represent the creativity and local characteristics of Tucheng.[4]
Exits
- Exit 1: Jincheng Rd. Sec. 1
- Exit 2: Intersection of Jincheng Rd. Sec. 1 and Heping Rd.
- Exit 3: Jingcheng Rd. Sec. 1
Around the station
- Tucheng City Hall
- Jincheng Park
- De Lin Institute of Technology
- Tucheng Elementary School
- Tucheng Tung Blossom Park
- Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Ltd. (between this station and Yongning Station)
- Tucheng City Library
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tucheng Station. |
- ↑ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ "Route Map: Tucheng".
- ↑ "Third Stage of Taipei MRT (Planned MRT Routes)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
- ↑ "Public Art on the Tucheng Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
| Preceding station | Taipei Metro | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Blue Line Tucheng Line | toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center |
Coordinates: 25°05′28″N 121°33′35″E / 25.091075°N 121.559834°E