Xinzhuang metro station

For other stations with the same name, see Xinzhuang Station (disambiguation).

25°02′10″N 121°27′08″E / 25.0361°N 121.4523°E / 25.0361; 121.4523

Xinzhuang

O18 新莊
Xinzhuang station platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese新莊
Simplified Chinese新庄
Literal meaningNew Village
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnzhuāng
Bopomofoㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨㄤ
Wade–GilesHsin¹-chuang¹
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳSîn-chông
Southern Min
Tâi-lôSin-tsng
General information
Other namesXinzhuang Temple Street; 新莊廟街
LocationB1, No. 138, Zhongzheng Rd.
Xinzhuang, New Taipei
Taiwan
Operated byTaipei Metro
Line(s) Zhonghe–Xinlu line
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station codeO18
History
Opened5 January 2012; 13 years ago (5 January 2012)
Passengers
22,282 daily (December 2020)[1]
Rank72 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Fu Jen University
towards Huilong
 Zhonghe–Xinlu line Touqianzhuang
towards Nanshijiao

The Taipei Metro Xinzhuang station is a station on the Zhonghe–Xinlu line located in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[2] The station opened for service on 5 January 2012.[3]

Station overview

Xinzhuang station public art

This two-level, underground station has an island platform.[4] It is located beneath the intersection of Zhongzheng Rd. and Zhonghua Rd., in front of Xinzhuang Junior High School.[5] It was scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line,[6] but opened earlier for service on 5 January 2012.[3]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station was 19.2 m (63 ft). It is 223.8 m (734 ft) in length and 16.15 m (53.0 ft) wide. The platform is 141 m (463 ft) long.[7] It has two entrances, two accessibility elevators, and two vent shafts.[4] One of the entrances and vent shafts is integrated into the planned Health Center building.

Design

The theme for the station is "Flying Silk-Weaving Future".[5]

Station layout

Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 1)
B2 Platform 1 ← Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Huilong (O19 Fu Jen University)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Nanshijiao (O17 Touqianzhuang) →

Exits

  • Exit 1: Zhongzheng Rd., near Zhonghua Rd. With accessibility elevator.
  • Exit 2: Zhongzheng Rd., beside the main gate of Xinzhuang Junior High School With accessibility elevator.

Around the station

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xinzhuang Station (New Taipei).
  1. ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
  2. ^ "Xinzhuang". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  3. ^ a b "MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  4. ^ a b "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  5. ^ a b "( O2 ) Xinzhuang". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  6. ^ 黃村杉 (2010-03-18). "北縣／捷運新莊線搶先通　市民「樂」官員「愁」". NOWnews. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  7. ^ "捷運車站建築設計 後續路網 新莊線-縣轄段各車站透視圖說明". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-08-01.


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