Daan Park Station
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The Taipei Metro
Daan Park Station is a planned station on the Xinyi Line
located beneath Xinyi Rd, Sec. 3 between Xinsheng South Rd. and Jianguo South Rd. in Daan District, Taipei
, Taiwan
. It will be located at the northern end of the Daan Forest Park for which it is named after. The station is scheduled to open at the end of 2012.
. It will have a naturally-lit hall and sunken garden. The naturally-lit hall will have two light towers and a light hallway. The sunken garden will connect to the hall and will have a ring-shaped corridor, pond, cascade, and a circular plaza. The station will also have an underground parking lot.
An earlier draft for the station's design did not include the waterfall and sunken, ring-shaped corridor design, though it still maintained the sunken plaza within the station lobby.
trees originally planted on the sidewalk along Xinyi Road
were replanted elsewhere within the park.
Taipei Rapid Transit System
The Taipei Metro, more commonly known as the MRT or formally as the Taipei Rapid Transit System, is a rapid transit system serving metropolitan Taipei in Taiwan. The system is built and operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation and consists of 89 stations and of revenue track...
Daan Park Station is a planned station on the Xinyi Line
Xinyi Line (TRTS)
The Taipei Metro Xinyi Line is a high-capacity, rapid transit line currently under construction. It is the extension of the Tamsui Line and part of the Red Line. Upon completion, the line will alleviate congestion on the Nangang Line by providing another east-west route through the Xinyi District...
located beneath Xinyi Rd, Sec. 3 between Xinsheng South Rd. and Jianguo South Rd. in Daan District, Taipei
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, Taiwan
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. It will be located at the northern end of the Daan Forest Park for which it is named after. The station is scheduled to open at the end of 2012.
Station overview
The station will be a two-level, underground station with an island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
. It will have a naturally-lit hall and sunken garden. The naturally-lit hall will have two light towers and a light hallway. The sunken garden will connect to the hall and will have a ring-shaped corridor, pond, cascade, and a circular plaza. The station will also have an underground parking lot.
An earlier draft for the station's design did not include the waterfall and sunken, ring-shaped corridor design, though it still maintained the sunken plaza within the station lobby.
Construction
The station will be 226 m (741.5 ft) long and 22 m (72.2 ft) wide. Excavation depth will be at 19 m (62.3 ft). It will have six entrances, three elevators for the disabled, and two vent shafts. One of the entrances will be integrated into a joint development building. The 34-story building will be incorporated into Exit D and was completed in December 2010. Due to station construction, old banyanBanyan
A banyan is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree...
trees originally planted on the sidewalk along Xinyi Road
Xinyi Road
Xinyi Road is an eastbound one-way arterial forming a one-way couplet with the nearby Renai Road , connecting the Zhongzheng District with the Xinyi District in Taipei, Taiwan....
were replanted elsewhere within the park.
Station layout
| 1F | Street Level | Entrance/Exit |
| B1 | Concourse Scenic Level |
Lobby, information desk, automatic ticketing dispensing machines, one-way faregates (Under construction) Sunlight Hall, Sunken Garden (Under construction) |
| B2 | Platform | toward Tamsui (Dongmen Dongmen Station The Taipei Metro Dongmen Station is a planned transfer station on the Xinzhuang Line and Xinyi Line located beneath Xinyi Rd, Sec. 2 between Jinshan S. Rd. and Yongkang St. in Zhongzheng and Daan districts in Taipei, Taiwan... ) |
Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange... Under Construction |
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| Platform | toward Elephant Mountain Elephant Mountain Station The Taipei Metro Elephant Mountain Station is a planned station on the Xinyi Line located in Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan. The station is scheduled to open at the end of 2012.-Station overview:... (Daan Daan Station The Taipei Metro Daan Station is a station on the Wenshan Line located in Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan. When the Xinyi Line is completed in 2012, the station will become a transfer station between the two lines.-Station overview:... ) |
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Around the station
- Daan Forest Park
- Taipei Public Library (Head Branch)
- Jianguo Weekend Flower Market
- Ministry of Economic Affairs Water Resources Agency, Taipei Office Area
- Ministry of Economic Affairs Industrial Development Bureau
- Daan National Residences
- Taipei Private Yan Ping High School
- Taipei Municipal Chin Hwa Junior High School