Taipei Arena Station
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Songshan, Taipei Taiwan |
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| Structure type | Underground |
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| 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
- Taipei Arena
- Taipei Gymnasium
- Huanya Living Plaza
- Sunworld Dynasty Hotel
- Yu Da High School of Commerce and Home Economics
| Preceding station | Taipei Metro | Following station | ||
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toward Songshan | Line 3 | toward Xindian |
References
- 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.
- ↑ "First Stage of Taipei MRT (already under Revenue Service)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ↑ "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.