Xiaobitan metro station

The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan station is a terminal station on the Xiaobitan Branch Line located in Xindian District, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Xiaobitan

G03A 小碧潭
Xiaobitan station
Other namesXindian Senior High School; 新店高中
Location4F., No.151, Zhongyang Rd.
Xindian, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
  • Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened29 September 2004
Traffic
Passengers4,589 daily (2016)[1]
Rank108 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Terminus Xiaobitan branch line Qizhang
Terminus
Xiaobitan metro station
Chinese小碧潭站

Station overview
Inside Xiaobitan station
MRT Xiaobitan station

The station is an elevated station with four levels, elevated station has a side platform and two exits.[2] Its platform length allows for a three-car, high capacity train. The station location is right next to the Xindian Depot, above the maintenance workshop and the national highway.[3][4]

The entrance to the station and platform are situated on the fourth floor of the depot. The station covers an area of 3,000 square meters, while the platform is 70.5 meters long.[4] Two escalators are located at the two entrances and are 14.45 meters high and 16.52 meters high; they are the second longest elevators in the system after those at Zhongxiao Fuxing.[4]

Public Art

Public art at the station is themed "The Way to the Very Joyance", where the station design includes many elements designed to embrace nature.[5] Pieces include "Time Jelly", a bronze piece shaped like melting toffee over a station wall, and "The Dancing Cloud", a plastic and steel piece situated on top of platform columns. Additional pieces include those in adjacent public squares around the station.

History

Construction began on 2 April 2001, and after four year of construction was completed on 30 September 2004. When the line first opened, some people complained about noise problems.[4][6] Thus, sound-muffling walls were built along the tracks coming into the station.

Although the station platform only allows room for a three-car trainset, when the station was first opened a six-car trainset was used on the line. In this case, only the first three train cars' doors opened at this station (selective door operation). It was not until 22 July 2006 that a dedicated three-car trainset began service on the line.

Station layout
4F Platform 1 ←   Green Line toward Qizhang (G03 Terminus)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Concourse Market, lobby, information counter, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (inside fare zone)
3F Parking lot Elevator, escalator connecting platform
2F Parking lot Elevator, escalator connecting platform
Street Level Entrance/Exit, lobby Entrance/Exit, Market, Xindian Depot
Lobby, information counter, Restrooms (inside fare zone)
  • Xiaobitan station exit 1
  • Xiaobitan station exit 2

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: Xiaobitan". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  3. "Xiaobitan line to be halted temporarily in off-peak". The China Times. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  4. "( G1A ) Xiaobitan". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  5. "Public Art on the Xindian Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  6. "Small protest mars opening of MRT branch". Taipei Times. 2004-09-30. Retrieved 2010-06-15.


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