Xinzhuang metro station

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

Xinzhuang O18 新莊
Xinzhuang station platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	新莊站
Simplified Chinese	新庄站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīnzhuāng Zhàn Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Sîn-chông Cham
General information
Other names	Xinzhuang Temple Street; 新莊廟街
Location	B1, No. 138, Zhongzheng Rd. Xinzhuang, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Zhonghe–Xinlu Line (O18)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	5 January 2012
Passengers
21,561 daily (2016)[1]
Rank	72 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Fu Jen University towards Huilong Zhonghe–Xinlu line Touqianzhuang towards Nanshijiao

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.
• Exit 2: Zhongzheng Rd., beside the main gate of Xinzhuang Junior High School

Around the station

• Banqiao 435 Art Zone
• Xinhai Constructed Wetland
• Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium
• Xinzhuang Junior High School
• Xinzhuang District Office
• Xinzhuang Post Office
• New Taipei City Police Department, Xinzhuang Branch
• Xinzhuang St.
• Wusheng Temple
• Xinzhuang Ciyou Temple
• Wenchang Temple
• Xinzhuang Night Market
• Xiaoxiyuan Performance Museum
• Hengyi High School
• Xinzhuang Elementary School
• Guangfu Temple

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
2. "Xinzhuang". 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. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
5. "( 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.