Nangang Station

Nangang
南港
Taiwan Railways Administration
Taiwan High Speed Rail
Taipei Metro

Nangang Station under construction
Location No. 380, Sec.7, Zhongxiao E. Rd.
Nangang, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 19.1 km from Keelung
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type At-Grade/Underground
Other information
Classification 二等 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened TRA: July 20, 1899 (original)
September 21, 2008 (underground)
Metro: December 25, 2008
THSR: July 2016
Traffic
Passengers MRT: 14,463 daily (2011)[1]
TRA: 13,809 daily (2014)[2]
Nangang Station
Traditional Chinese 南港車站

Nangang Station (Chinese: 南港車站; pinyin: Nángǎng Chēzhàn) (formerly transliterated as Nankang Station until 2003) is a major railway station located in Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan, parallel to Zhongxiao East Road. The station serves several modes of public transportation, including the bus system, Taiwan Railway Administration, and Taipei Metro (Nangang Line).[3] The station will also be the future terminus of the Taiwan High Speed Rail and is currently under construction. The current underground Nangang Line station was the last one in the Taipei Metro that was built without platform screen doors.

History

The station platform, with artwork by Jimmy Liao on the platform wall.
Artwork by Jimmy Liao in the metro area of the station.

Nangang Station was originally built by the Japanese during Japanese rule of Taiwan in 1899 to support local industries and the growing population. Since then, the station has been upgraded three times to support tremendous growth: in 1905, in 1966 (due to the KMT moving the ROC government to Taiwan), and in 1986-1987 (to accommodate increased passenger traffic and new cargo traffic).

Expansion

As with most urban train stations in Taipei, Nangang Station is currently being converted from a surface station to an underground station as part of the TRA's Taipei Railway Underground Project, an effort to move existing surface railways from Songshan Station to east of Nangang Station underground to accommodate growing traffic and economic development in Nankang Software Park. Existing TRA platforms were successfully moved underground on September 21, 2008. The 7.6-km tunnel project cost NT$76.5 billion.[4] The high-speed rail extension to the station will open for service by mid-2016.[5]

The new station will be similar to the new Banqiao Station in New Taipei City, which was reconstructed to accommodate underground platforms and mixed-use development on the existing station site. The station will include two underground levels to accommodate expanded TRA platforms, new THSR platforms, and new MRT platforms for the Nangang Line which was opened on December 25, 2008. On January 3, 2010, Exits 3 and 4 for metro station were closed for construction of a passageway with the TRA station.[6] The entire project was completed in February 2011. Platform screen doors were installed on the Nangang Line platforms in August 2015.

Public Art

The design of the Taipei Metro portion of the station centers around a "Nostalgia and Technology" theme with aqua green selected to signify an image of a fish pond. Paintings by artist Jimmy Liao are displayed around the station including on the platform walls. Many areas have sandblasted glass installed.[7] On the platform, a piece titled "Rapid Transit Platform, the Transport Dock" displays images on benches to evoke memories of former industries in Nangang.[8]

Platform layout

TRA 1, 2 1A, 1B ■ Taiwan Trunk Line (Northbound) toward Qidu, Keelung
■ Taiwan Trunk Line (Southbound) toward Yilan, Su-ao, Hualien, Taitung
3, 4 2A, 2B ■ Taiwan Trunk Line (Southbound) toward Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Fangliao
■ Taiwan Trunk Line (Northbound) toward Shulin
5, 6 3A, 3B ■ Reserved for the Taipei-Yilan Direct Line Currently not in use
7 7 ■Reserved Platform Reserved for internal use
Taipei Metro 1 ■Line 5 (Westbound) toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
2 ■Line 5 (Eastbound) toward Dingpu/ Far Eastern Hospital

Station layout

20F-2F New development Under construction
Street Level Street level Entrance/Exit, Accessibility Elevator , Security, Taxi Stand
B1 Concourse Level Concourse, Restrooms
THSR Platform Level (Under construction)
B2 Lobby TRA Ticketing, Automatic Ticketing, Ticket Gate, Waiting Area
Restrooms, Travel Information Counter
TRA Counter, TRA Manager's Office
3F TRA Platforms TRA Control and Traffic Room, Offices
Platform 1A Taiwan Trunk Line (N) toward Keelung
through service Yilan Line toward Yilan, Hualien-Taitung (Xike)
Island platform
Platform 1B Taiwan Trunk Line (N) toward Keelung
through service Yilan Line toward Yilan, Hualien-Taitung (Xike)
Platform 2A Taiwan Trunk Line (N) toward Taipei, Kaohsiung
through service Yilan Line toward Shulin (Songshan Station)
Island platform
Platform 2B Taiwan Trunk Line (N) toward Taipei, Kaohsiung
through service Yilan Line toward Shulin (Songshan Station)
Platform 3A Taipei-Yilan Direct Line Not in service (toward Toucheng, Jiaoxi)
Island platform
Platform 3B Taipei-Yilan Direct Line Not in service (toward Toucheng, Jiaoxi)
7th track Public works use
Administration use Side platform
Taipei Metro Nangang Station
Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Lobby Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms(inside ticketed area)
B2 Platform 1 ←   Line 5 toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Terminus)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 →   Line 5 toward Dingpu/ Far Eastern Hospital (Kunyang)→

Around the station

Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
toward Keelung
Western Line
toward Kaohsiung
Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
toward Dingpu
Line 5
Terminus

See also

References

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  1. ↑ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  2. ↑ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  3. ↑ "Route Map: Nangang".
  4. ↑ "New Songshan-Nankang railway tunnel to help local development: Ma". Taiwan News. 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  5. ↑ Wang, Shu-fen; Wu, Lillian (2015-03-03). "High speed rail system to have three more stops by year-end". Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  6. ↑ 陳志豪 (2011-01-03). "捷運南港站 3、4號口封閉". 聯合報. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  7. ↑ "南港線東延段南港站建築裝修藝術". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  8. ↑ "Public Art on the Nangang Eastern Extension". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Coordinates: 25°3′8″N 121°36′23″E / 25.05222°N 121.60639°E / 25.05222; 121.60639

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