Banqiao Station

Banqiao
板橋
Taiwan Railways Administration
Taiwan High Speed Rail
Taipei Metro

Banqiao Station
Location MRT: B1F, No. 5, Zhanqian Rd.[1]
Banqiao, New Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened TRA: August 25, 1901
July 21, 1999 (present building)
Metro: May 31, 2006
THSR: November 16, 2006
Traffic
Passengers MRT: 59,342 daily (2011)[2]
(Ranked 10th of 89)
TRA: 43,253 daily (2014)[3]
HSR: 17,020 daily (2013)[4]
Banqiao Station
Traditional Chinese 板橋車站
Simplified Chinese 板桥车站

Banqiao Station (Chinese: 板橋車站; pinyin: Bǎnqiáo Chēzhàn)[5][6][7] is a railway station located in Banqiao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. The station serves high-speed rail, conventional rail, and metro trains. All tracks and platforms in the station are located underground.

The new station building opened on July 21, 1999 for TRA trains, May 31, 2006 for the Taipei Metro, and on January 5, 2007 for Taiwan High Speed Rail. The station currently handles over 106,000 passengers per day.[2][3][4] It is due to accommodate trains for the elevated Taipei Metro Circular Line by the end of 2018.

Station overview

Taiwan Railway Administration information board
Taiwan High Speed Rail platform
Taipei Metro Platform 1
Banqiao Station entrance

The station consists of a 25-story building above ground and 5 underground stories; it is Taiwan's tallest station building. It includes platforms for the TRA, THSR, and Taipei Metro. The new station building was built as part of the Taipei Railway Underground Project to move railway lines in the city underground.

Public Art

Titled "Evolution Orbit", the Taipei Metro platform has artwork consisting of 12 colorful rings affixed to columns on the platform.[8] These rings complete a cycle every hour and also move whenever a train enters the station.[9]

Station layout

24F-25F Fitness Center Global Sports
3F-23F Offices Financial Supervisory Commission

Intellectual Property Court

Ministry of Transportation and Communications - Bureau of High Speed Rail

Ministry of Transportation and Communications - Railway Reconstruction Bureau

New Taipei City Vocational Training Center

2F Shopping Area

Restaurants

 Global Mall Banqiao Store
Street Level Lobby Shopping Area Entrance/Exit, TRA Ticketing, Information Counter

Global Mall Banqiao Store

B1 TRA/THSR Lobby

Shopping Area

Food Court

 THSR Ticketing/Faregates
TRA Ticket Gate
Travel Information Counter

Global Mall Banqiao Store

Underground Walkway
Restrooms, Infant room
New Taipei City Low-Carbon Library

Underground Walkway (Connects with Metro)
Metro Lobby Underground Walkway (Connects with TRA/THSR)
B2 Platform 1A →TRA Western Line toward Taipei, Keelung/Yilan (Wanhua)
Island platform
Platform 1B →TRA Western Line toward Taipei, Keelung/Yilan (Wanhua)
Platform 2A →TRA Western Line toward Kaohsiung (Shulin)
Island platform
Platform 2B →TRA Western Line toward Kaohsiung (Shulin)
Platform 1A →THSR toward Zuoying (Taoyuan)
Island platform
Platform 1B →THSR toward Zuoying (Taoyuan)
Metro Lobby Information desk, Restrooms (Outside fare zone), Automatic ticket dispensing machines
One-way faregates
B3 Platform 1 ←   Line 5 toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Xinpu)
Island platform, Doors will open on the left
Platform 2 →   Line 5 toward Dingpu/ Far Eastern Hospital (Fuzhong) →
Platform 2A →THSR toward Taipei (Terminus)
Island platform
Platform 2B →THSR toward Taipei (Terminus)

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
Preceding station   Taiwan High Speed Rail   Following station
Terminus
Taiwan High Speed Rail
toward Zuoying

See also

References

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  1. ↑ "Route Map: Banqiao". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  2. 1 2 "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  3. 1 2 "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  4. 1 2 "Table 2-9 Passenger Traffic of High-Speed Rail Stations" (PDF). Ministry of Transportation and Communications. January 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  5. ↑ 臺灣鐵路站名英譯對照表 (Table of English translations of station names on the Taiwanese railways) (in Chinese), Taiwan Railway Administration
  6. ↑ Banqiao, TRTS
  7. ↑ Banqiao Station, THSR
  8. ↑ "Public Art on the Banqiao Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  9. ↑ "公共藝術之旅系列報導6 南港線（二）、板橋線". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2010-06-19.

Coordinates: 25°0′51.41″N 121°27′49.23″E / 25.0142806°N 121.4636750°E / 25.0142806; 121.4636750

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