The Kaohsiung MRT

Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit

The Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System is a rapid transit system covering metropolitan Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Construction of the KMRT started in October 2001. The Red Line and the Orange Line opened on March 9 and September 14, 2008, respectively...

 Houyi Station is a station on the Red Line in Sanmin District

Sanmin District

Sanmin District is a district of Kaohsiung city in southern Taiwan.-External links:*...

, Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

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. The character 驛 (Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

:yì, Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

: えき, eki) means "station" in Japanese

Taiwan under Japanese rule

Between 1895 and 1945, Taiwan was a dependency of the Empire of Japan. The expansion into Taiwan was a part of Imperial Japan's general policy of southward expansion during the late 19th century....

; the station name literally means "(Kaohsiung) rear station".

Station Overview

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform

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...

 and four exits. It is 193 meters long and is located at the intersection of Bo-ai 1st Rd. and Chahaer St.

Station Layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (Near Exits 2)
B2	Platform 1	← Red Line toward Siaogang Siaogang Station The Kaohsiung MRT Siaogang Station is a terminus on the Red Line in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.-Station overview:The station is a two-level underground station with an island platform and four exits. It is 215 meters long and is located at the intersection of Yanhai Rd. and Hanmin Rd...  (Kaohsiung Main Station)
	Island platform 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... , Doors open on the left
	Platform 2	Red Line toward Ciaotou Ciaotou Station Ciaotou Station or Qiaotou Station is a railway station located at Qiaotou District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line and Kaohsiung MRT Red Line.-Station Overview:...  (Aozihdi Aozihdi Station The Kaohsiung MRT Aozihdi Station is a station on the Red Line in the edge of Zuoying District and Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The name cames from lap-a-té , which is an old name of this area.-Station Overview:... ) →

Exits

• Exit 1: Shihcyuan Elementary School, Administrative Center of Sanmin District
• Exit 2: Sanmin Park, Sanmin Junior High School
• Exit 3: The Heart of Love River, Land Bank
  Land Bank
  A land bank is a bank that issues long-term loans on real estate in return for mortgages. This term could also apply to:*The Land Bank of Taiwan, a wholly state-owned bank of the Republic of China...
  
  
• Exit 4: Bank of Kaohsiung, Suiyuan 2nd St.

Nearby stations