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...

 Sanduo Shopping District Station is a station on the Red Line in Lingya District

Lingya District

Lingya District is one of the districts of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is geometrically located in the center of Kaohsiung. The Tuntex Sky Tower and the Kaohsiung City Hall are located here...

, 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

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

. The station is named after the Sanduo Shopping District.

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 seven exits. It is 213 meters long and is located at the intersection of Zhongshan 2nd Rd. and Sanduo 3rd Rd.

The station is unique in the Kaohsiung MRT for two reasons. First, it is the only underground station with an open platform, allowing for passengers to see the platform directly from the lobby area (similar to many underground stations on 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...

). The other is the unique design of the elevator; the structure is incorporated both into the lighting on the ceiling as well as the platform level.

Station Layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (South side outside fare zone, near Exit 3), Underground mall Underground city An Underground city is a series of linked subterranean spaces that may provide a defensive refuge; a place for living, working or shopping; a transit system; mausolea; wine or storage cellars; cisterns or drainage channels; or several of these. The term may also refer to a network of tunnels that...
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...  (Shihjia Shihjia Station The Kaohsiung MRT Shihjia Station is a station on the Red Line in Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.-Station Overview:The station is a three-level, underground station with an island platform and four exits. It is 188 meters long and is located at the intersection of Jhongshan 3rd Rd... )
	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... , Door 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:...  (Central Park Central Park Station The Kaohsiung MRT Central Park Station is a station on the Red Line in Sinsing District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The station is named after the nearby Central Park.-Station Overview:... ) →

Exits

• Exit 1: Far Eastern Department Store, Tuntex Sky Tower
  Tuntex Sky Tower
  Tuntex Sky Tower, or the T & C Tower or 85 SKYTOWER , is an 85-floor skyscraper located in Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The structure is high. An antenna pushes the building height to...
  
  
• Exit 2: Far Eastern Department Store
• Exit 3: Shihjia Park, Taixin Bank
• Exit 4: SOGO Department Store, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store
• Exit 5: Gas station
• Exit 6: Shengri Park, Lingya Junior High School
• Exit 7: Lingjhou Elementary School, Siwei Park

Around the Station

• Sanduo Shopping Circle
• Singuang Ferry Wharf
• Singuang Boulevard
• Shin Kong Mitsukoshi
  Mitsukoshi
  is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Mitsukoshi Ltd. has amalgamated with Isetan Co.,Ltd ,and changed company name to Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd.- History :...
  
   Department Store
• Pacific SOGO
  Sogo
  Sogo Co., Ltd. is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. It once owned stores in locations as diverse as Beijing in China, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Taipei in Taiwan, Jakarta, Medan, Bandung & Surabaya in Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore,...
  
   Department Store
• Tuntex Sky Tower
  Tuntex Sky Tower
  Tuntex Sky Tower, or the T & C Tower or 85 SKYTOWER , is an 85-floor skyscraper located in Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The structure is high. An antenna pushes the building height to...
  
  
• Far Eastern Department Store, Vieshow Cinemas
• Wunheng Night Market
• Yisin Road
• Guangnan Sanduo Store
• Sanduo Cineplex
• Lingya Junior High School
• Lingjhou Elementary School
• Shihjia Park
• Shengrih Park (Birthday Park)
• Sihwei Park

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