Taipei Arena MRT station

Coordinates: 25°3′5.2″N 121°33′2.9″E / 25.051444°N 121.550806°E / 25.051444; 121.550806

Taipei Arena
G17 台北小巨蛋
Taipei Metro
Location Songshan, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened 15 November 2014
Traffic
Passengers 40,691 daily (2016)[1]
(Ranked 36th of 109)
Taipei Arena MRT station
Chinese 台北小巨蛋站

The Taipei Metro Taipei Arena station is a station on the Songshan Line located in Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan. The station opened on 15 November 2014.

Station overview

This three-level, underground station has an island platform. It is located beneath Nanjing East Rd. to the west of Beining Rd.[2] It opened in November 2014 with the opening of the Songshan Line.[3]

Originally, the station was to be named "Taipei Stadium Station". However, the area was renamed to "Taipei City Sports Park", no longer using the original station name. Thus, on 22 July 2011, the Department of Rapid Transit Systems announced that the station would be renamed to Taipei Arena station, using Taipei Arena to signify the park.[4]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is around 26 m (85 ft). It is 219 m (719 ft) in length and 21 m (69 ft) wide. It has five exits, two vent shafts, and two accessibility elevators.[2]

Public Art

The theme for this station is "Energy, Movement, Light, Tracks".[2] The design aims to reflect the station's liveliness, spirit, and power. It has public art designs.

Station layout

Street Level Exit Taipei Arena
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms
B2 Platform 1 ← Songshan–Xindian Line toward Songshan (G18 Nanjing Sanmin)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Songshan–Xindian Line toward Xindian / Taipower Building (G16 Nanjing Fuxing) →

Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Nanjing Sanmin
towards Songshan
 Songshan–Xindian line Nanjing Fuxing
towards Xindian or Taipower Building

References

  1. ↑ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  2. 1 2 3 "捷運系統松山線簡介" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-09-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  3. ↑ "First Stage of Taipei MRT (already under Revenue Service)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  4. ↑ "臺北捷運4車站站名更名更具辨識性 以方便民眾搭乘". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-07-22. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-07-23.


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