Xinbeitou Station

Xinbeitou
R22A 新北投
Taipei Metro

Xinbeitou Station exterior
Location No. 700, Daye Rd.
Beitou, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened March 28, 1997
Traffic
Passengers 15,060 daily (2016)[1]
(Ranked 89th of 109)
Xinbeitou Station
Chinese 新北投站

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

Xinbeitou Station Concourse
Xinbeitou Station Platform
Former TRA Xinbeitou Station building

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

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

Station layout

2F Platform 2   Red Line toward Beitou (R22 terminus) (not in use)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
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

Around the station

Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
TerminusXinbeitou Line
Terminus

References

  1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  2. "Route Map: Xinbeitou". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  3. "Old Xinbeitou train station reappears in Taipei". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  4. 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 / 25.136956; 121.502368


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