National Taiwan University Hospital Station

National Taiwan University Hospital
台大醫院
Taipei Metro

NTU Hospital Station Platform
Other names NTU Hospital Station
Location B1F., No. 52, Gongyuan Rd.
Zhongzheng, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened December 24, 1998
Traffic
Passengers 46,978 daily (2011)[1]
(Ranked 21st of 89)
National Taiwan University Hospital Station
Traditional Chinese 台大醫院站
Simplified Chinese 台大医院站

The Taipei Metro National Taiwan University Hospital Station (signed NTU Hospital) is a station on the Tamsui Line (Red Line) located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan.

Station overview

NTU Hospital Station Exit 1
NTU Hospital Station platform level

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform. It has four exits, two of which are equipped with elevators.[2] It is named for the nearby National Taiwan University Hospital.

Public art

Several pieces of public art are located on the platform, titled "The Suite of Hands" consisting of "Lotus Holding Hand", "Lotus in Heartful Hands", and "Small Park".[3] These bronze and/or granite sculptures depict how hands, through gestures, can express human affection.

History

Station layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket-dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (South side outside paid area, near Exit 1)
B2 Platform 1   Line 2 toward Tamsui/ Beitou (Taipei Main Station)
Island platform, doors open on the left
Platform 2   Line 2 toward Xiangshan/ Daan (Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall)

Exits

Around the station

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

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to NTU Hospital 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: NTU Hospital". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2010-06-14.
  3. "Public Art on the Tamsui Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  4. "Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office bombing suspect nabbed". The China Post. 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2010-06-22.

Coordinates: 25°02′32″N 121°30′59″E / 25.042142°N 121.516366°E / 25.042142; 121.516366


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