Xiaobitan Station

Xiaobitan (Xindian Senior High School) 小碧潭 (新店高中)
Xiaobitan Station
Location	4F., No.151, Zhongyang Rd. Xindian, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 3: Xiaobitan Branch (G1A)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	September 29, 2004
Traffic
Passengers	3,454 daily (2011)[1] (Ranked 88th of 89)

Xiaobitan Station
Chinese	小碧潭站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄓㄢˋ

The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Station is a terminal station on the Xiaobitan Branch Line located in Xindian District, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Station overview

Inside Xiaobitan Station

MRT Xiaobitan Station

This elevated station has a side platform and two exits.^[2] Its platform length allows for a three-car, high capacity train. The station location is right next to the Xindian Depot, above the maintenance workshop.^[3][4]

The entrance to the station and platform are situated on the fourth floor of the depot. The station covers an area of 3,000 square meters, while the platform is 70.5 meters long.^[4] Two escalators are located at the two entrances and are 14.45 meters high and 16.52 meters high; they are the second longest elevators in the system after those at Zhongxiao Fuxing.^[4]

Public Art

Public art at the station is themed "The Way to the Very Joyance", where the station design includes many elements designed to embrace nature.^[5] Pieces include "Time Jelly", a bronze piece shaped like melting toffee over a station wall, and "The Dancing Cloud", a plastic and steel piece situated on top of platform columns. Additional pieces include those in adjacent public squares around the station.

History

Construction began on April 2, 2001, and after four year of construction was completed on September 30, 2004. When the line first opened, some people complained about noise problems.^[4][6] Thus, sound-muffling walls were built along the tracks coming into the station.

Although the station platform only allows room for a three-car trainset, when the station was first opened a six-car trainset was used on the line. In this case, only the first three train cars' doors opened at this station (selective door operation). It was not until July 22, 2006 that a dedicated three-car trainset began service on the line.

Station layout

4F	Platform 1	←      Line 3 toward Qizhang (Terminus)
	Side platform, Doors will open on the left
	Concourse	Market, lobby, information counter, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates Restrooms (inside fare zone)
3F	Parking lot	Elevator, Escalator Connecting Platform
2F	Parking lot	Elevator, Escalator Connecting Platform
Street Level	Entrance/Exit, lobby	Entrance/Exit, Market, Xindian Depot Lobby, information counter, Restrooms (inside fare zone)

Exits

Xiaobitan Station Exit.1

Xiaobitan Station Exit.2

• Exit 1: Intersection of Huanhe Rd. and Zhongyang Rd.
• Exit 2: Adjacent to Zhongyang Rd., near Ankeng interchange (passageway has elevator leading to parking lot)

Around the station

• Taipei Metro Xindian Depot
• National Hsintien Senior High School
• Xindian River
• Zhongyang New Community
• National Highway No. 3

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Terminus		Line 3 Xindian		Terminus
Qizhang toward		Line 3 Xiaobitan Branch		Terminus

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: Xiaobitan". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
3. "Xiaobitan line to be halted temporarily in off-peak". The China Times. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
4. "( G1A ) Xiaobitan". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
5. "Public Art on the Xindian Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
6. "Small protest mars opening of MRT branch". Taipei Times. 2004-09-30. Retrieved 2010-06-15.

Coordinates: 24°58′23″N 121°31′48″E / 24.973065°N 121.529987°E