Taipei 101 / World Trade Center Station
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| Location |
Xinyi Rd., Sec. 5, Xinyi District, Taipei Taiwan |
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| Structure type | Underground |
| History | |
| Opened | November 24, 2013 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers |
62,166 daily (2016)[1] (Ranked 14th of 109) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 台北101/世貿站 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Taipei Metro Taipei 101 / World Trade Center Station is located in the Xinyi District in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Red Line and began revenue service on November 24, 2013 with the opening of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall - Xiangshan route section.[2]
Station overview
The station is situated under Xinyi Road, near Shifu Road.[3] The two-level, underground station structure with one island platform and five exits. The northeast exit directly connects to the basement of Taipei 101.
Originally, the station was to be named just "World Trade Center Station". However, since both Taipei 101 and the Taipei World Trade Center represent national landmarks, on July 22, 2011, the Department of Rapid Transit Systems announced that the station would be renamed to Taipei 101/World Trade Center Station.[4]
Construction
The station is 185 m (607 ft) long and 25 m (82 ft) wide. Excavation depth is at 22 m (72 ft). The station has a 154 m (505 ft)-long crossover section. It has five entrances, three elevators for the disabled and two vent shafts.[3]
Public Art
The theme for this station is "Modern melody - creation of a spatial atmosphere for dialoguing with the world". The district represents an international exchange between Taiwan and the world. Public art will represent the rapid broadcast of information and the crowd's busy interaction.[3]
Station layout
| Street Level | Entrance/Exit | Entrance/Exit |
| B1 | Concourse | Lobby, information desk, automatic ticketing dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near Exit 5) |
| Exit 4 passageway toward Taipei 101 basement | ||
| B2 | Platform 1 | ←  Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Tamsui (R04 Xinyi Anhe) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | → Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Xiangshan (R02 Terminus) → | |
Exits
- Exit 1:World Trade Center
- Exit 2:Zhuangjing Rd.
- Exit 3:Xinyi Elementary School
- Exit 4:Taipei 101
- Exit 5:City Hall Rd.
Around the station
- Taipei 101
- Taipei World Trade Center
- Hall Number 1
- Hall Number 3
- Taipei World Trade Center International Trade Building
- Taipei International Convention Center
- Grand Hyatt Taipei
- Taipei Medical University
- Entie Commercial Bank
- Ta Chong Commercial Bank
- HSBC Bank (Taiwan)
- Xinyi Sports Center
| Preceding station | Taipei Metro | Following station | ||
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toward Tamsui | Tamsui–Xinyi Line | Terminus |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taipei 101 World Trade Center Station. |
- ↑ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ↑ "Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Lines)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- 1 2 3 "捷運系統信義線簡介" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government. 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- ↑ "臺北捷運4車站站名更名更具辨識性 以方便民眾搭乘". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
| Tamsui Line | |
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| Xinyi Line | |
| Xinbeitou Branch Line | |
Coordinates: 25°01′59″N 121°33′47″E / 25.032966°N 121.563107°E