Zhongshan MRT station

Zhongshan
R11 / G14 中山
Taipei Metro
Green Line platform
Location No.16, Nanjing W. Rd
Zhongshan and Datong, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened 28 March 1997
Traffic
Passengers 75,994 daily (2016)[1]
(Ranked 9th of 109)
Zhongshan MRT station
Chinese 中山站

The Taipei Metro Zhongshan station (Chinese: 中山站; pinyin: Zhōngshān Zhàn, formerly transliterated as Chungshan Station until 2003) is a station on the Tamsui Line, located on the border of Zhongshan and Datong districts, Taipei, Taiwan. It is a transfer station between the Tamsui Line and Songshan Line. The station opened on 28 March 1997 for traffic on the Tamsui Line, and Songshan Line services opened on 15 November 2014. It is located in the middle of the underground Zhongshan Metro Mall and Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store.

Station overview

Exit 1
Red Line platform
Green Line platform

The station is an underground structure with an island platform and four exits when Tamsui Line opened.[2] It is located at the intersection of Nanjing West Rd. and the Metro Park (near Chengde Rd. and Zhongshan North Rd.). It is also a transfer station with the Songshan Line.

The Songshan Line station added two additional exits and renovated two existing exits.[3] The station is a four-level, underground station. The Songshan Line station is 26 m (85 ft) deep and 176 m (577 ft) long and 23 m (75 ft) meters wide.

Public Art

Note: Exit 4 was recently reconstructed with transparent, self-cleaning glass to better integrate with nearby department stores.[4] The new Songshan Line station has a theme of "Happy Transit".

History

The station was opened on 28 March 1997, as a terminus station of the Tamsui Line until 25 December 1997. Later on, on 15 November 2014, Songshan Line opened. On 20 July 2015, there was a knife attack injuring four.[5]

Station layout

L1 Street Level Entrance/Exit, Metro Park
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Zhongshan Art Corridor, Zhongshan Metro Mall (south side of station)
Restroms (inside mall)
B2 Platform 1 ← Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R12 Shuanglian)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R10 Taipei Main Station) →
B3 Passage Level Escalators, elevators to concourse and platform levels
B4 Platform 3 ← Songshan–Xindian Line toward Songshan (G15 Songjiang Nanjing)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 4 → Songshan–Xindian Line toward Xindian / Taipower Building (G13 Beimen) →

Other metro services

The station is an entrance to the Zhongshan Metro Mall, connecting (between this station and Shuanglian station).

Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Shuanglian
towards Tamsui or Beitou
 Tamsui–Xinyi line Taipei main station
towards Xiangshan or Daan
Songjiang Nanjing
towards Songshan
 Songshan–Xindian line Beimen
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. ↑ "Route Map: Zhongshan". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  3. ↑ "捷運系統松山線簡介" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  4. ↑ "整潔、明亮、透視度最佳的出入口 捷運中山站4號出入口". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  5. ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/07/21/2003623534

Coordinates: 25°03′10″N 121°31′13″E / 25.052698°N 121.520398°E / 25.052698; 121.520398

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