World Games metro station

World Games/ National Sports Complex R17 世運 / 國家體育園區
World Games station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	世運車站
Simplified Chinese	世运车站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shìyùn Chēzhàn Bopomofo ㄕˋ ㄩㄣˋ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Shih^4-yun^4 Ch'ê^1-chan^4
General information
Location	Nanzih, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Coordinates	22°42′5.5″N 120°18′9.2″E
Operated by	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Red line (R17)
Platforms	Two side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	2008-03-09
Passengers
2,464 daily (Jan. 2011)[1]
Services
Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station Oil Refinery Elementary School towards Gangshan Red line Zuoying towards Siaogang

World Games is a station on the Red line of Kaohsiung Metro in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The station is named after the 2009 World Games.[2]

Station overview

World Games station exit.

The station is a four-level, elevated station with two side platforms and four exits.[3] It is 134 meters long and is located at the intersection of Zuonan Rd. and Jhonghai Rd.[4]

It was originally planned to be named "Banping Mountain Station",[5] but was changed in July 2005 to its current name.[2] Because it is the first elevated station after the line emerges from underground, the aim was to create an iconic station similar to the Taipei Metro's Jiantan metro station.

Public art

Public art in the station was designed by Ron Wood and Christian Karl Janssen.[6] Titled "Floating Forest", the artwork covers an area of 1,000 m^2 (11,000 sq ft) and is displayed on the glass canopy overlooking the tracks, at the concourse level, and along the stairways.[7] The artwork depicts many plants and insects, and tells the story of "Soul of the Land and the People in Southern Taiwan".[7]

Around the station

• National Sports Training Center
• National Stadium
• Republic of China Naval Academy
• Banping Mountain
• CPC Corporation Kaohsiung Plant
• Zuoying High School

References

1. "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
2. 捷運新站名公佈了 (in Chinese). 高雄捷運股份有限公司. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
3. "世運站". 高雄捷運公司. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
4. "世運車站週邊地圖". 高雄市政府捷運工程局. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
5. "w3.krtco.com.tw/news/newspaper_(9307)-2.htm" (in Chinese). 高雄捷運股份有限公司. 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
6. "R17世運站-海上雄師" (in Chinese). 高雄捷運股份有限公司. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
7. "R17 World Games Stadium". KRTCO. Retrieved 2010-12-20.

External links

• KRTC World Games Station(in English, Chinese, and Japanese)