Shipai Station

Shipai 石牌
Shipai Station
Other names	Veterans General Hospital; 榮總
Location	No. 200, Sec. 1, Shipai Rd. Beitou, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 2 (R23)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	March 28, 1997
Traffic
Passengers	53,378 daily (2011)[1] (Ranked 16th of 89)

Shipai Station
Chinese	石牌站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Bopomofo ㄕˊ ㄆㄞˊ ㄓㄢˋ

The Taipei Metro Shipai Staton is located in the Beitou District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui Line (Red Line). In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line.

Station overview

Shipai Station Exit 1.

Shipai Station platform.

The station is elevated and features an island platform and has two exits.^[2] One exit is located at the intersection of Shipai Rd., Donghua St., and Xian St facing north and the newly built exit is at the other end of the station facing south.

History

TRA Station

• August 17, 1915: The station opened as "Qili-an Stopping Station".
• After the war, the station was renamed "Shipai". The old TRA entrance was at Ziqiang St., Lane 141.
• July 15, 1988: Station closes along with the TRA Tamsui Line.

Taipei Metro Station

• March 28, 1997: Opened for service with the opening of the Tamsui to Zhongshan segment.
• November 20, 2010: The second exit opened for use.^[3]

Station layout

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

Exits

• Exit 1: Shipai Rd.(Intersection of Shipai Rd., Donghua St. and Xian St.)
• Exit 2: Yumin 2nd Rd.

Around the station

• Shipai Elementary School (石牌國民小學)
• Shipai Junior High School (石牌國民中學)
• National Yang Ming University
  • National Yang Ming University Dental Clinic
• National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science
• First Peace Preservation Police Corps
• National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine
• Taipei Veterans General Hospital
• Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center
• Shipai Market
• Beitou Hills Trail
• Xingyi Rd. Hot Springs Area
• Rongguang Park
• Zhenghua Park
• Children's Art Museum in Taipei
• University of Taipei

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Qilian toward Tamsui		Line 2 Tamsui		Mingde 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: Shipai". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
3. "Second Exits at Shipai and Zhishan Stations Opened". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-12-01.

Coordinates: 25°06′52″N 121°30′56″E / 25.114519°N 121.5156445°E