Zhongshan_metro_station

Zhongshan metro station

Zhongshan metro station

Metro station in Taipei, Taiwan

Zhongshan (Chinese: 中山, formerly transliterated as Chungshan Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. It is a transfer station between the Tamsui–Xinyi and Songshan–Xindian lines. It is located in the middle of the underground Zhongshan Metro Mall and near the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store. Zhongshan is a popular shopping district for young people and international tourists.

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Station overview

Exit 1
Red line platform
Green line platform

The station is an underground structure with an island platform and four exits when Tamsui line opened.[3] It is located at the intersection of Nanjing West Rd. and the Metro Park (near Chengde Rd. and Zhongshan North Rd.). It is also a transfer station with the Songshan line.

The Songshan line station added two additional exits and renovated two existing exits.[4] The station is a four-level, underground station. The Songshan line station is 26 m (85 ft) deep and 176 m (577 ft) long and 23 m (75 ft) meters wide.

Public Art

Note: Exit 4 was recently reconstructed with transparent, self-cleaning glass to better integrate with nearby department stores.[5] The new Songshan line station has a theme of "Happy Transit".

History

The station was opened on 28 March 1997, as a terminus station of the Tamsui line until 25 December 1997. Later on, on 15 November 2014, Songshan line opened. On 20 July 2015, there was a knife attack injuring four.[6]

Station layout

Street Level Street Level Entrance/Exit, Metro Park
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Zhongshan Art Corridor, Zhongshan Metro Mall (south side of station)
Restroms (inside mall)
B2 Platform 1 ← Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R12 Shuanglian)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R10 Taipei Main Station) →
B3 Passage Level Escalators, elevators to concourse and platform levels
B4 Platform 3 ← Songshan–Xindian Line toward Songshan (G15 Songjiang Nanjing)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 4 → Songshan–Xindian Line toward Xindian / Taipower Building (G13 Beimen) →

Other metro services

The station is an entrance to the Zhongshan Metro Mall, connecting (between this station and Shuanglian station).

Around the Station

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zhongshan Station (Taipei).
  1. [1]
    "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    "臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Route Map: Zhongshan". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  4. [4]
    "捷運系統松山線簡介" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  5. [5]
    "整潔、明亮、透視度最佳的出入口 捷運中山站4號出入口". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  6. [6]
    "Knife-wielding assailant stabs four in Taipei MRT - Taipei Times". 21 July 2015.
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