Sizihwan MRT station

	Sizihwan MRT station
Traditional Chinese	西子灣站
Simplified Chinese	西子湾站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīzǐwān Zhàn
Bopomofo	ㄒㄧㄗˇ ㄨㄢㄓㄢˋ
Wade–Giles	Hsi1-tzŭ3-wan1 -chan4
Tongyong Pinyin	Sizǐhwan Jhàn
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Sî-chṳ́-vân Cham

Sizihwan
Sizihwan; 西子灣
Other names	Hamasen (哈瑪星)
Location	Gushan, Kaohsiung; Taiwan
Operated by	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation;
Line(s)	Orange line (O1);
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	2008-09-14
Traffic
Passengers	5,697 daily (Jan. 2011)[1]
Services

Sizihwan is a terminus of the Orange line and adjacent to Circular light rail Hamasen station of Kaohsiung Rapid Transit System. It is located in Hamasing of Gushan District, Kaohsiung. Its name is derived from Sizihwan, a nearby scenic area.

Station overview

The nearby TRA Kaohsiung Port Station closed after service began on the Orange Line through this station. It opened in 1908 to begin train service into the Kaohsiung Harbor area. The train station area will be turned into a railway cultural park.^[2]

Station design

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform.^[3] It is located at the junction of Linhai 2nd Road and Gushan 1st Road and has 2 exits. The station is 282 metres (925 ft) long.^[4]

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (near exit 2)
B2	Platform 1	→ KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Yanchengpu) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for platform 1, right for platform 2
	Platform 2	→ KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Yanchengpu) →

Exits

Exit 1: Gushan Ferry Station, Gushan Post Office
Exit 2: Kaohsiung Customs, Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf

Around the station

References

↑ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
↑ "Old locomotives set to retire from Kaohsiung after 100 years of service". Taiwan News. 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ 西子灣站. 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ 西子灣站週邊地圖. 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

Coordinates: 22°37′18″N 120°16′28″E / 22.621565°N 120.274516°E / 22.621565; 120.274516

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[kmrtridership-1] "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.

[2] "Old locomotives set to retire from Kaohsiung after 100 years of service". Taiwan News. 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

[3] 西子灣站. 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

[4] 西子灣站週邊地圖. 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2010-07-05.