Far Eastern Hospital metro station

Far Eastern Hospital

亞東醫院
Taipei metro station
Fare gates
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese亞東醫院
Simplified Chinese亚东医院
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYǎdōng Yīyuàn
Bopomofoㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧ ㄩㄢˋ ㄓㄢˋ
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳÂ-tûng Yî-yèn
Southern Min
Tâi-lôA-tāng Bēnn-īnn
General information
LocationB1F 17 Sec 2 Nanya S Rd
Banqiao District, New Taipei City
Taiwan
Coordinates24°59′55″N 121°27′09″E / 24.9986°N 121.4526°E / 24.9986; 121.4526
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesAccess available
Other information
Station codeBL05
Websiteweb.metro.taipei/e/stationdetail2010.asp?ID=BL05-080
History
Opened2006-05-31[1]
Passengers
201815.510 million per year[2] Increase 10.37%
Rank39 out of 108
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Haishan
towards Dingpu
 Bannan line Fuzhong
towards Nangang Exhib Center or Kunyang

Far Eastern Hospital (Chinese: 亞東醫院; pinyin: Yǎdōng Yīyuàn) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro.[3]

Station layout

Street Level Exit Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
B1 Concourse Lobby, ticket machine, information desk, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Inside fare zone)
B2 Platform 1 ← Bannan line toward Nangang Exhib Center / Kunyang (BL06 Fuzhong)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Bannan line toward Dingpu (BL04 Haishan) →
→ Bannan line termination platform →
Far Eastern Hospital station exit 1: An arch bridge style entrance.

The two-level underground station makes use of island platforms and has three exits. The station is 243 meters long and 20.5 meters wide.[4] Blue line trains from Kunyang or Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center terminate here during non-rush hours.

Design

The entrance to the station was designed as an arch bridge (from "qiao" in Banqiao, meaning "bridge"). It is also meant to represent a "cloud wall", a characteristic of traditional Chinese gardening; the station is located next to Yuanzhi Memorial Garden.[4]

Public art in the station consists of a piece titled "River Romance", which combined LED lamps with glass sticks to create a color-changing "river of time". Poems are engraved on the glass sticks, which look like moving waves from a distance.[5]

Around the station

References

  1. ^ "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ "臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Route Map".[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b "工程線上 Status Report: 亞東醫院站出入口 外牆景觀工程特色". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-05-01. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  5. ^ "Public Art on the Tucheng Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
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