Zhongshan metro station
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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.
Station overview
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 | ← File:Taipei Metro Line R.svg Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R12 Shuanglian) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | File:Taipei Metro Line R.svg Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R10 Taipei Main Station) → | |
| B3 | Passage Level | Escalators, elevators to concourse and platform levels |
| B4 | Platform 3 | ← File:Taipei Metro Line G.svg Songshan–Xindian line toward Songshan (G15 Songjiang Nanjing) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 4 | File:Taipei Metro Line G.svg 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
- Linsen Park
- Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei
References
- ↑ "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ "臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in 中文). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ↑ "Route Map: Zhongshan". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ↑ "捷運系統松山線簡介" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Knife-wielding assailant stabs four in Taipei MRT - Taipei Times". 21 July 2015.
