Xinbeitou Station
Xinbeitou Station exterior | |
Location |
No. 700, Daye Rd. Beitou, Taipei Taiwan |
Operated by | |
Line(s) |
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Connections | Bus stop |
Construction | |
Structure type | Elevated |
History | |
Opened | March 28, 1997 |
Traffic | |
Passengers |
15,060 daily (2016)[1] (Ranked 89th of 109) |
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The Taipei Metro Xinbeitou Station (formerly transliterated as Hsin Peitou Station from 1997 until 2003) is the terminal station on the Xinbeitou Branch Line located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of the station used to be the terminal station for the now-defunct TRA Xinbeitou Line.
Station overview
The two-level, elevated station features an island platform and one exit.[2] The station is known for being the closest to the Beitou hot springs.
History
TRA Station
- April 1, 1916: The station opens as the terminus for the Xinbeitou Line as "Xinbeitou Parking Station".
- 1937: Re-opens after renovation. The station and the tracks form a unique "T" configuration.
- July 15, 1988: Service ceases with the discontinuation of service of the TRA Tamsui Line.
After termination of TRA services, the original station building was disassembled and moved to Changhua for display at the Taiwan Folk Village. On April 1, 2017, the station building was returned and re-opened at nearby Qixing Park in Beitou.[3]
Taipei Metro Station
- 28 March 1997: Opened for service with the opening of the Xinbeitou Branch Line.
- 29 March 2016: Knife attack injuring 1 police officer.[4]
Station layout
2F | Platform 2 | ← Red Line toward Beitou (R22 terminus) (not in use) |
Platform 1 | ← Red Line toward Beitou (R22 terminus) | |
Street Level | Concourse | Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms |
Note: Since this station is the terminus of the branch line, one platform is designated as the arrival platform and the other as the departure platform. However, in actual service only one platform is used at any given time.
Exits
- Single Exit: Intersection of Daye Rd. and Guangming Rd.
Around the station
- Beitou Hot Spring Museum
- Beitou Plum Garden
- Ketagalan Culture Center
- Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch
- Beitou Hot Springs
- Beitou Park
- Weigo Private Senior High School
- Weigo Elementary School
- Beitou Jr. High School
- Xinmin Jr. High School
- Yixian Elementary School
- Armed Forces Beitou Hospital
Preceding station | Taipei Metro | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Xinbeitou Line | Terminus |
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xinbeitou Station. |
- ↑ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ↑ "Route Map: Xinbeitou". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ↑ "Old Xinbeitou train station reappears in Taipei". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ↑ http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2016/03/29/462046/Taipei-Metro.htm
Coordinates: 25°08′13″N 121°30′09″E / 25.136956°N 121.502368°E