![]() Beitou station | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location | No. 1, Guangming Rd. Beitou,Taipei Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Taipei Metro | |||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus stop | |||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||
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Station code | R22 | |||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 28 March 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
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Rank | 46 out of 109 | |||||||||||||||||
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Chinese | 北投 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 北投駅 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kana | ほくとうえき | ||||||||||||||||||
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TheTaipei MetroBeitou station (formerly transliterated asPeitou Station until 2003) is a station on theTamsui–Xinyi line andXinbeitou branch line), located inBeitou District,Taipei,Taiwan. The location of station can be traced back the same name station of the now-defunctTRATamsui line.
The two-level, elevated station structure with oneisland platform and twoside platforms. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.[2] There are several amenities around the station. This includeBeitou Presbyterian Church and Beitou Market.
Just north of the station, there are crossovers between theTamsui–Xinyi line and theXinbeitou branch line, and between the tracks of each individual line, in both directions. Also to the north, the two Tamsui Line tracks cross over each other not at grade.
South of the station, the four tracks merge into two and cross over each other at aflying junction, and there are crossovers to allow trains fromDaan to terminate here.
The TRA station at Beitou was opened on 25 October 1901 as"Hokutō Station" (Japanese:北投停車場), and another railway line, Shin-hokutō Railway Line was opened on 1 April 1916. On 15 July 1988; the service was discontinued in order to make way for the opening of the segment from Tamsui to Zhongshan for Taipei Metro on 28 March 1997.
From 1999 up to 2012, trains fromNanshijiao terminated at Beitou Station while construction work was conducted on theZhonghe-Xinlu Line. From 2012 to 2013, trains fromTaipower Building terminated here while theTamsui-Xinyi Line was still under construction.
2F | Side platform, doors will open on the left | |
Platform4 | ←![]() | |
Platform3 | →![]() | |
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right | ||
Platform2 | →![]() | |
Platform1 | ←![]() | |
Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Street Level | Concourse | Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms |
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