Beitou MRT station

Beitou
R22 北投
Taipei Metro
Beitou station
Location No. 1, Guangming Rd.
Beitou, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms 4
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened 28 March 1997
Traffic
Passengers 33,966 daily (2016)[1]
(Ranked 46th of 109)
Beitou MRT station
Traditional Chinese 北投站

The Taipei Metro Beitou station (formerly Peitou Station until 2003) is a station on Red Line (Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Branch Line), located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of station can be traced back the same name station of the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Line.

Station overview

Beitou station platform level.
A Xinbeitou Branch Line train approaches on Platform 4.

The two-level, elevated station structure with one island platform, two side platforms, and one-sided exit.[2] The washrooms are inside the entrance area. There are several amenities around the station. This include Beitou Presbyterian Church and Beitou Market.

Just north of the station, there are crossovers between the Tamsui Line and the Xinbeitou Branch Line, and between the tracks of each individual line, in both directions. Also to the north, the two Tamsui Line tracks cross over each other not at grade.

South of the station, the four tracks merge into two and cross over each other at a flying junction, and there are crossovers to allow trains from Daan to terminate here.

History

The TRA station at Beitou was opened on 25 October 1901 as Hokutō Station, and another railway line, Shin-hokutō Railway Line was opened on 1 April 1916. On 15 July 1988; the service was discontinued in order to make way for the opening of the segment from Tamsui to Zhongshan for Taipei Metro on 28 March 1997.

Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Fuxinggang
towards Tamsui
 Tamsui–Xinyi line Qiyan
towards Xiangshan or Daan
Xinbeitou
Terminus
 Xinbeitou 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: Beitou". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-20.

Coordinates: 25°07′55″N 121°29′55″E / 25.131901°N 121.498597°E / 25.131901; 121.498597


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