Qiyan Station

Qiyan 奇岩
Qiyan Station platform
Location	No. 487, Sanhe Street Beitou, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 2 (R25)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	March 28, 1997
Traffic
Passengers	13,210 daily (2011)[1] (Ranked 71st of 89)

Qiyan Station
Traditional Chinese	奇岩站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qíyán-Zhàn Tongyong Pinyin Cíyán-Jhàn Wade–Giles Ch'i^2-yen^2-Chan^4 Bopomofo ㄑㄧˊ 一ㄢˊ ㄓㄢˋ Southern Min Hokkien POJ Khî-giâm-Chām

The Taipei Metro Qiyan Station is located in the Beitou District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui Line (Red Line).

Station overview

Qiyan Station exterior.

The station is an elevated structure with one island platform and one exit.^[2] The station is situated between east of Beitou Road, and the beginning of Sanhe Road. The washrooms are inside the entrance area. On trains to Beitou, an announcement is made recommending passengers for stations north of Beitou to change trains at this station since Beitou does not offer same platform transfer between trains terminating at Beitou and trains continuing to Tamsui.

History

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

Station layout

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

Exits

• Single Exit: Intersection of Beitou Rd. and Sanhe St.

Around the station

• Hong-gah Museum
• Jang Dah Plaza
• Youmin Hospital
• Xi-an Bridge
• Zhongyi New Community

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Beitou toward Tamsui		Line 2 Tamsui		Qilian 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: Qiyan". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-21.

Coordinates: 25°07′33″N 121°30′04″E / 25.1257587°N 121.5011573°E