Xingtian Temple Station

Xingtian Temple 行天宮
Xingtian Temple Station Platform
Location	B1, No. 316, Songjiang Rd. Zhongshan, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 4 (O11)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	November 3, 2010
Traffic
Passengers	23,528 daily (2011)[1] (Ranked 49th of 89)

Xingtian Temple Station
Traditional Chinese	行天宮站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xíngtiāngōng Zhàn Tongyong Pinyin Síngtiāngōng Jhàn Wade–Giles Hsing^2-t'ian^1-kung^1 Chan^4 Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓㄢˋ Southern Min Hokkien POJ Hêng-thian-kiong Chām Tâi-lô Hîng-thian-kiong Tsām

The Taipei Metro Xingtian Temple Station (Chinese: 行天宮站; pinyin: Xíngtiāngōng Zhàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hêng-thian-kiong Chām) is a station on the Xinzhuang Line located in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. The station opened on November 3, 2010.

Station overview

This three-level, underground station has an island platform.^[2][3] It is be located beneath the intersection of Minsheng East Rd. and Jinzhou Street, and opened on November 3, 2010 with the opening of the Luzhou Branch Line and the Taipei City section of the Xinzhuang Line.^[4][5] The station serves over 15,000 passengers per day and is the busiest station on the Xinzhuang Line.^[6]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is around 25 meters. It is 157 meters in length and 25 meters wide. It has four entrances, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.^[4] Three of the entrances are integrated with joint development buildings, while the other is connected with an existing sidewalk. Following Dapinglin, Xingtian Temple is only the second station to have three joint development sites.^[7] The station is equipped with platform screen doors.

Public Art

Taking into account the nearby Xingtian Temple, the station has the "Eight Generals" (八家將; bajiajiang) masks and tiles as public art displays. Due to the anticipated passenger traffic through the station, the art displays were constructed out of ceramics for easier maintenance and protection from accidents.^[8]

Station layout

Public art display in the station concourse.

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, ticket machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near Exit 1)
B3	Platform 1	←   Line 4 toward Luzhou/ Huilong (Zhongshan Elementary School)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→   Line 4 toward Nanshijiao (Songjiang Nanjing) →

Exits

The station has four exits.

Around the station

• Xingtian Temple
  • Xingtian Temple Market
• Broadcasting Corporation of China Songjiang Building
• Zhongshan District Administrative Center
• Songjiang Market
• The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (between this station and Songjiang Nanjing Station)
• Taipei Municipal Datong High School
• Central News Agency
• RSEA Engineering Corporation
• Evergreen Marine Corporation Building
• Evergreen Chinese Medicine Clinic

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Zhongshan Elementary School toward Huilong or Luzhou		Line 4 Xinzhuang		Songjiang Nanjing toward Nanshijiao

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
2. "Xingtian Temple Station". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
3. "新莊線行天宮站". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2005-07-01. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
4. "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transis Systems. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
5. "Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Lines)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
6. "北捷蘆洲線運量 突破百萬人次". UDN. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
7. "新莊線行天宮站聯合開發". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2005-07-01. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
8. 郭書宏 (2010-07-08). "八家將 跳進捷運行天宮站". 人間福報. Retrieved 2010-07-07.

Coordinates: 25°03′33″N 121°31′59″E / 25.059191°N 121.53317°E