Taipei Arena Station

Taipei Arena
台北小巨蛋
Taipei Metro
Location Songshan, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened November 15, 2014

The Taipei Metro Taipei Arena Station is a station on the Songshan Line located in Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan. The station opened on November 15, 2014.

Station overview

This three-level, underground station has an island platform. It is located beneath Nanjing East Rd. to the west of Beining Rd.[1] It opened in November 2014 with the opening of the Songshan Line.[2]

Originally, the station was to be named "Taipei Stadium Station". However, the area was renamed to "Taipei City Sports Park", no longer using the original station name. Thus, on July 22, 2011, the Department of Rapid Transit Systems announced that the station would be renamed to Taipei Arena Station, using Taipei Arena to signify the park.[3]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is around 26 m (85 ft). It is219 m (719 ft) in length and 21 m (69 ft) wide. It has five exits, two vent shafts, and two accessibility elevators.[1]

Public Art

The theme for this station is "Energy, Movement, Light, Tracks".[1] The design aims to reflect the station's liveliness, spirit, and power. It has public art designs.

Station layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Level Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms
B2 Platform 1   Line 3 toward Songshan (Nanjing Sanmin)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2   Line 3 toward Xindian/ Taipower Building (Nanjing Fuxing)

Around the station

Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
toward Songshan
Line 3
toward Xindian

References

  1. 1 2 3 "捷運系統松山線簡介" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  2. "First Stage of Taipei MRT (already under Revenue Service)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  3. "臺北捷運4車站站名更名更具辨識性 以方便民眾搭乘". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-07-23.


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