Xinzhuang MRT station

Coordinates: 25°02′10″N 121°27′08″E / 25.0361°N 121.4523°E / 25.0361; 121.4523

Xinzhuang
O18 新莊
Taipei Metro
Xinzhuang station platform 2
Other names Xinzhuang Temple Street; 新莊廟街
Location B1, No. 138, Zhongzheng Rd.
Xinzhuang, New Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened 5 January 2012
Traffic
Passengers 21,561 daily (2016)[1]
(Ranked 72nd of 109)
Xinzhuang MRT station
Traditional Chinese 新莊站
Simplified Chinese 新庄站

The Taipei Metro Xinzhuang station is a station on the Orange or Zhonghe–Xinlu Line located in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[2] The station opened for service on 5 January 2012.[3]

Station overview

Xinzhuang station public art

This two-level, underground station has an island platform.[4] It is located beneath the intersection of Zhongzheng Rd. and Zhonghua Rd., in front of Xinzhuang Junior High School.[5] It was scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line,[6] but opened earlier for service on 5 January 2012.[3]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station was 19.2 m (63 ft). It is 223.8 m (734 ft) in length and 16.15 m (53.0 ft) wide. The platform is 141 m (463 ft) long.[7] It has two entrances, two accessibility elevators, and two vent shafts.[4] One of the entrances and vent shafts is integrated into the planned Health Center building.

Design

The theme for the station is "Flying Silk-Weaving Future".[5]

Station layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 1)
B2 Platform 1 ← Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Huilong (O19 Fu Jen University)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Nanshijiao (O17 Touqianzhuang) →

Exits

  • Exit 1: Zhongzheng Rd., near Zhonghua Rd.
  • Exit 2: Zhongzheng Rd., beside the main gate of Xinzhuang Junior High School

Around the station

Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Fu Jen University
towards Huilong
 Zhonghe–Xinlu line Touqianzhuang
towards Nanshijiao

References

  1. ↑ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  2. ↑ "Xinzhuang". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  3. 1 2 "MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  4. 1 2 "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  5. 1 2 "( O2 ) Xinzhuang". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  6. ↑ 黃村杉 (2010-03-18). "北縣／捷運新莊線搶先通　市民「樂」官員「愁」". NOWnews. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  7. ↑ "捷運車站建築設計 後續路網 新莊線-縣轄段各車站透視圖說明". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-08-01.


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