Mingde Station

Mingde 明德
Mingde Station platform
Location	No. 95, Mingde Rd. Beitou, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 2 (R22)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	March 28, 1997
Traffic
Passengers	22,276 daily (2011)[1] (Ranked 50th of 89)

Mingde Station
Chinese	明德站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Bopomofo ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄓㄢˋ

The Taipei Metro Mingde Station (traditional Chinese: 捷運明德站) is located in the Beitou District (北投區) of Taipei, Taiwan. The station is on the Tamsui Line, otherwise known as "the red line" by locals. It is also a minor bus transfer point for connections to Tianmu (天母) and Yangmingshan National Park (陽明山).

Station overview

Mingde Station exterior.

The station is an elevated structure with one island platform and one exit,^[2] situated between Donghua Street (東華街) and Xi'an Street (西安街) at the midsection of Mingde Road (明德路).

Originally, it was planned to be called "Tianmu Station," but was changed before the station opened.

History

• March 28, 1997: Opened for service with the opening of the segment from Tamsui to Zhongshan.

Station layout

2F	Platform 1	←   Line 2 toward Tamsui/ Beitou (Shipai)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→   Line 2 toward Xiangshan/ Daan (Zhishan) →
Street Level	Lobby	Entrance/Exit, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms

Exits

• Single Exit: Mingde Rd., adjacent to Donghua St., Sec. 1 and Xi'an St., Sec. 1

Around the station

• Taipei Northern Hakka Culture Hall
• Tianmu Baseball Stadium

Education

Mingde Station
Traditional Chinese	明德站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Míngdé-Zhàn Tongyong Pinyin Míngdé-Jhàn Wade–Giles Ming^2-te^2-Chan^4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Bêng-tek-Chām

• University of Taipei
• Taipei Municipal Zhong-zheng Senior High School^[3]
• Mingde Junior High School
• Mingde Elementary School
• Lanya Elementary School
• Wenlin Elementary School^[4]

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Shipai toward Tamsui		Line 2 Tamsui		Zhishan toward Xiangshan

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
2. "Route Map: Mingde". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
3. "Taipei Municipal Zhong-zheng Senior High School". Zhong-zheng Senior High School. June 4, 2008.
4. "Taipei Municipal Wen-line Elementary School". Wenlin Elementary School. June 14, 2008.

Coordinates: 25°06′35″N 121°31′08″E / 25.109811°N 121.518778°E