Taipei Bridge Station

Taipei Bridge
台北橋
Taipei Metro

Taipei Bridge Station Platform 2 Concourse
Location B1, No. 108, Sec. 1, Chongxin Rd.
Sanchong, New Taipei City
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened January 5, 2012

The Taipei Metro Taipei Bridge Station is a station on the Xinzhuang Line located in Sanchong District, New Taipei, Taiwan, two blocks from the approach to Taipei Bridge for which the station is named.[1] The station opened for service on January 5, 2012.[2]

Station overview

This six-level, underground station has two, stacked side platforms.[3] It is located beneath Chongxin Rd., Sec. 1 between Wenhua North and South Rd. and Zhongyang North and South Rd. It was originally scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line,[4] but opened for service earlier on January 5, 2012.[2]

History

Construction

Excavation depth for this station was 33 m (108 ft). It is 179.2 m (588 ft) in length and 14.775 m (48.47 ft) meters wide.[5] The station has one entrance, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.[3] Two emergency exits are integrated with a joint development building. Public art is featured on the walls of the main entrance.

Design

The station is based on a theme of "Sunset-bathed Iron Bridge" (referring to Taipei Bridge), with images of the Tamsui River, Guanyin Mountain, and a "bazaar culture".[6]

Station layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B3 Faliar Floor 24time side level work
B4 Platform 2   Line 4 toward Nanshijiao (Daqiaotou)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Concourse Lobby, toilets, one-way ticket machine, information desk
B6 Platform 1   Line 4 toward Huilong (Cailiao)
Side platform, doors will open on the left

Note: Platform 1 is the lowest level platform in the system.

Exits

Around the station

Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
toward Huilong
Line 4
toward Nanshijiao

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taipei Bridge Station.
  1. "Taipei Bridge". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. 1 2 "MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  3. 1 2 "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  4. 黃村杉 (2010-03-18). "北縣/捷運新莊線搶先通 市民「樂」官員「愁」". NOWnews. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  5. "捷運車站建築設計 後續路網 新莊線-縣轄段各車站透視圖說明". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  6. "( O7 ) Taipei Bridge". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2010-08-16.

Coordinates: 25°03′46″N 121°29′59″E / 25.0628°N 121.4996°E / 25.0628; 121.4996


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