The Taipei Metro

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...

 Hongshulin Station is located in the sea-side district of Tamsui in New Taipei, Taiwan

Taiwan

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. It is a station on the Tamsui Line. The location of station could be traced back the station of the same name on the now-defunct TRA

Taiwan Railway Administration

The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...

 Tamsui Line.

The station is a planned terminus for the approved Danhai Line serving Danhai New Township.

Station overview

The station is an at-grade structure with two side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s and two exits. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.

The station is situated on the east of Zhongzheng West Road, around Bashe Road entrance. The name of the station derives from the protected habitat "Hongshulin" (literally "red forest", means Mangrove

Mangrove

Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes N and S...

), the Hongshulin environmental protection zone is located west of the station.

Station layout

2F	Connecting Level	Skyway Skyway In an urban setting, a skyway, catwalk, sky bridge, or skywalk is a type of pedway consisting of an enclosed or covered bridge between two buildings. This protects pedestrians from the weather. These skyways are usually owned by businesses, and are therefore not public spaces...  for Platform Connection
Street Level
	Lobby (to Platform 1)
		Lobby, information counter, convenience store, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms
	Side platform Side platform A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line... , Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← toward Tamsui (Terminus)
	Platform 2	→ toward Xindian Xindian Station The Taipei Metro Xindian Station is the southern terminus of the Xindian Line located in Xindian District, New Taipei, Taiwan.-Station overview:...  (Zhuwei Zhuwei Station The Taipei Metro Zhuwei Station is located in the sea-side district of Tamsui in New Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui Line. The position of station could be traced back the same name station of defunct TRA Tamsui Line.-Station overview:... ) →
	Side platform Side platform A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line... , Doors will open on the left

Exits

• Exit 1: No.68, Zhongzheng E. Rd. Sec. 2
  
• Exit 2: Hongshulin Parking Lot

Around the station

• Tamsui River
  • Tamsui Riverside Bicycle Path
• Hongshulin Environmental Protection Zone
  • Hongshulin Museum of Natural Habitat
• Taiwan Research Institute