Tucheng MRT station

Tucheng
BL03 土城
Taipei Metro
Tucheng station platform
Location B1F, No. 105, Sec. 1, Jincheng Rd.
Tucheng, New Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened 31 May 2006
Traffic
Passengers daily (2016)[1]
(Ranked of 109)
Tucheng MRT station
Chinese 土城站

The Taipei Metro Tucheng station is a station on the Tucheng Line located in Tucheng District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[2]

Station layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, automatic ticket dispensing machine, information desk, one-way faregates
Restrooms (North side, outside fare zone near exit 3)
B2 Platform 1 ← Bannan Line towards Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (BL04 Haishan)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Bannan Line towards Dingpu (BL02 Yongning) →
Tucheng station exit 1.

The two-level, underground station with an island platform configuration and has three exits. The station is located underneath Jincheng Rd. at its intersection with Heping Rd.

It is a planned transfer station with the Wanda-Shulin Line, scheduled to open in 2018.[3]

History

  • 31 May 2006: Opened for service with the opening of the segment from Fuzhong to Yongning.

Public art

Public art for the station consists of a faux archeological piece titled "The Legend of Gold Town". Produced through high-tech means, the piece is displayed similarly to how excavated artifacts are displayed. It depicts historical diversity and the development of the Tucheng area and represent the creativity and local characteristics of Tucheng.[4]

Exits

  • Exit 1: Jincheng Rd. Sec. 1
  • Exit 2: Intersection of Jincheng Rd. Sec. 1 and Heping Rd.
  • Exit 3: Jingcheng Rd. Sec. 1

Around the station

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: Tucheng".
  3. ↑ "Third Stage of Taipei MRT (Planned MRT Routes)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  4. ↑ "Public Art on the Tucheng Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-09.

Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Yongning
towards Dingpu
 Bannan line Haishan
towards Nangang Exhib Center

Coordinates: 25°05′28″N 121°33′35″E / 25.091075°N 121.559834°E / 25.091075; 121.559834


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