Yongning Station

Yongning
永寧
Taipei Metro

Yongning Station platform
Location B1F, No. 105, Sec. 3, Zhongyang Rd.
Tucheng, New Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened May 31, 2006
Traffic
Passengers 29,293 daily (2011)[1]
(Ranked 41st of 89)
Yongning Station
Traditional Chinese 永寧站
Simplified Chinese 永宁站

The Taipei Metro Yongning Station is a station of the Tucheng Line (Blue Line) located in Tucheng District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.[2] It served as the southern terminal station before the opening of the Dingpu Station in 2015.

Station layout

L1 Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Concourse Lobby, automatic ticket dispensing machine, information desk, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Outside fare zone near Exit 2 and 3)
B2 Platform 1   Line 5 towards Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Tucheng)
Island platform, Doors will open on the left
Platform 2   Line 5 towards Dingpu (Terminus) →
Yongning Station Exit 1.

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and four exits. It is located at the intersection of Zhongyang Rd. and Chengtian Rd.

Public Art

Exhibits of artifacts from nearby Zhanlong Mountain and Tudigong Mountain, which were discovered close to Yongning Station, are on display. The theme for the artifacts is "Time & Debris".[3] The two main pieces are called "The Splinter of Time" and "86400". Both pieces seek to express the sensation of time, with "86400" signifying the number of seconds in a day.[4] It was completed in March 2006 and cost NT$4,000,000.[5]

Exits

Around the station

Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
Terminus
Line 5

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yongning Station.
  1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  2. "Route Map: Yongning".
  3. "永寧站的 「時間.碎片」". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2005-08-01. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
  4. "Public Art on the Tucheng Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  5. "永寧站". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-06-18.

Coordinates: 24°58′00″N 121°26′10″E / 24.966597°N 121.436121°E / 24.966597; 121.436121


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