Touqianzhuang metro station

The Taipei Metro Touqianzhuang station is a station on the Xinzhuang Line located in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[2] The station opened for service on 5 January 2012.[3] The elevated Circular Line platforms opened on 31 January 2020.

Touqianzhuang O17/Y18 頭前庄
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	頭前庄站
Simplified Chinese	头前庄站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tóuqiánzhuāng Zhàn Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Thèu-chhièn-chông Cham
General information
Other names	Taipei Hospital; 臺北醫院
Location	B1, No. 18, Siyuan Rd. Xinzhuang, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Zhonghe–Xinlu line (O17) Circular line (Y18)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground (Zhonghe-Xinlu Line) / Elevated (Circular Line)
History
Opened	5 January 2012
Passengers
9,200 daily (2016)[1]
Rank	98 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Xinzhuang towards Huilong Zhonghe–Xinlu line Xianse Temple towards Nanshijiao Xinpu Minsheng towards Dapinglin Circular line Xingfu towards NT Industrial Park

Station overview

Ticketing area

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

It is a transfer station with the Circular Line, which has 2 elevated platforms. It opened on 31 January 2020.[6]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is 24.53 to 25.13 m (80.5 to 82.4 ft). It is 170.85 m (560.5 ft) in length and 17.85 m (58.6 ft) wide. The platform is 141 m (463 ft) meters long.[7] It has six entrances, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.[4] Two of the entrances are connected with an existing pedestrian underpass.

The station is constructed under the existing Siyuan Road pedestrian passage. In addition, the location of the station includes many utility pipelines that could not be relocated. Thus, due to the limited construction area, the station was not constructed using the cut-and-cover method employed in other stations. Instead, construction used the pipe jacking method from sidewalks, outer lanes of roads, and the spaces between Dahan Bridge piers.[8]

Design

The theme for the station is "Thousands of sails: North Taiwan's Xinzhuang port".[9] Entrances are constructed from glass, steel frames, aluminum plates, and metal.

Station layout

4F	Connecting Level	Platforms-connecting Overpass
3F	Platform Level	Restrooms (inside paid area)
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← Circular line toward New Taipei Industrial Park (Y19 Xingfu)
	Platform 2	→ Circular line toward Dapinglin (Y17 Xinpu Minsheng) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Street Level	Concourse	Entrance/Exit, Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates, restrooms (inside paid area)
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (Outside fare zone near exit 1)
B3	Platform 1	← Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Huilong (O18 Xinzhuang)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Nanshijiao (O16 Xianse Temple) →

Exits

• Exit 1: No. 18, Siyuan Rd., near Zhongzheng Rd.
• Exit 2: Zhongzheng Rd., near Dahan Bridge
• Exit 3: Zhongzheng Rd.
• Exit 4: Zhongzheng Rd., near Huacheng Rd.

Around the station

• Taipei Hospital
• IKEA, Xinzhuang Branch
• Hetai Auto Co., Xinzhuang Research Center
• Dahan Bridge

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
2. "Touqianzhuang". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
3. "MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
4. "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
5. 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.
6. "環狀線第一階段簡介" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit System. 2009-12-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
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.
8. "Pipe Jacking Method Applied to Underground Pedestrian Passage". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
9. "( O3 ) Touqianzhuang". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2010-08-17.