Beitou Station

Beitou
北投
Taipei Metro

Beitou Station
Location No. 1, Guangming Rd.
Beitou, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened March 28, 1997
Traffic
Passengers 31,978 daily (2011)[1]
(Ranked 38th of 89)
Beitou Station
Traditional Chinese 北投站

The Taipei Metro Beitou Station is a station on Red Line (Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Branch Line), located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of station can be traced back the same name station of the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Line.

Station overview

Beitou Station platform level.
A Xinbeitou Branch Line train approaches on Platform 4.

The station is an elevated structure with one island platform, two side platforms, and one-sided exit.[2] The washrooms are inside the entrance area.

Just north of the station, there are crossovers between the Tamsui Line and the Xinbeitou Branch Line, and between the tracks of each individual line, in both directions. Also to the north, the two Tamsui Line tracks cross over each other not at grade.

South of the station, the four tracks merge into two and cross over each other at a flying junction, and there are crossovers to allow trains from Daan to terminate here.

History

TRA Station

Taipei Metro Station

Station layout

2F Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 4   Line 2 toward Xinbeitou (Terminus)
Platform 3   Line 2 toward Daan (Qiyan)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Platform 2   Line 2 toward Xiangshan (Qiyan)
Platform 1   Line 2 toward Tamsui (Fuxinggang)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Street Level Concourse Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms

Exits

Around the station

Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
toward Tamsui
Line 2
toward Xiangshan
TerminusLine 2
toward 

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beitou Station.
  1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  2. "Route Map: Beitou". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-20.

Coordinates: 25°07′55″N 121°29′55″E / 25.131901°N 121.498597°E / 25.131901; 121.498597


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