Shipai MRT station

Shipai
R19 石牌
Taipei Metro
Shipai station
Other names Veterans General Hospital; 榮總
Location No. 200, Sec. 1, Shipai Rd.
Beitou, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened 28 March 1997
Traffic
Passengers 57,695 daily (2016)[1]
(Ranked 18th of 109)
Shipai MRT station
Chinese 石牌站

The Taipei Metro Shipai station is located in the Beitou District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui Line (Red Line). In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line.

Station overview

Shipai station exit 1.
Shipai station platform.

The two-level elevated station and features an island platform and has two exits.[2] One exit is located at the intersection of Shipai Rd., Donghua St., and Xian St facing north and the newly built exit is at the other end of the station facing south.

This station connects to Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant, Children's Art Museum in Taipei, National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science, National Yang Ming University, Taipei American School, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and University of Taipei.

History

This station was opened as Qili-an on 17 August 1915 under the Taipei Railway Administration, and was renamed to Shipai after the war. The old TRA entrance was at Ziqiang Street, Lane 141. It was closed on 15 July 1988 and reopened on 28 March 1997. The second exit opened for use on 20 November 2010.[3]

Station layout

2F Platform 1 ← Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R20 Qilian)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R18 Mingde) →
Street Level Concourse Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms

Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Qilian
towards Tamsui or Beitou
 Tamsui–Xinyi line Mingde
towards Xiangshan or Daan

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: Shipai". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  3. ↑ "Second Exits at Shipai and Zhishan Stations Opened". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-12-01.

Coordinates: 25°06′52″N 121°30′56″E / 25.114519°N 121.5156445°E / 25.114519; 121.5156445


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