Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station
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Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station is located in Nangang District, Taipei
, Taiwan
at the south end of Nangang Business Park (north of Nangang Road, Sec. 1). It is a terminal station on both the Neihu Line
and the Nangang Line
, and serves the Nangang, Neihu, and Xizhi districts.
Neihu Line features an island platform
and a platform elevator located on the west side of the concourse level. The station is 125 m (410.1 ft) long and 26 m (85.3 ft) wide, while the elevated platform is 93 m (305.1 ft) long. It is equipped with platform screen doors
.
The high-capacity Nangang Line
section is a three-level, underground station, and is also equipped with platform screen doors
. It has an island platform
and is 128 m (419.9 ft) long and 18.5 m (60.7 ft) meters wide. The station (serving the Nangang Line eastern extension) passes through tunnels belonging to the Taiwan Railway Administration
and Taiwan High Speed Rail
before terminating at this station. The station is expected to serve as a transfer station for around 200,000 commuters per month. Preliminary inspections began on January 9, 2011, and the extension opened on February 27, 2011. The opening of the station is responsible for increasing the system's ridership by over 16,000 passengers per day.
Before the Nangang Line portion of the station was completed, the station already served as a transfer station
via a free shuttle bus to Nangang Station
. The shuttle bus service came to an end with the opening of the Nangang Line platform.
The Nangang Line concourse features a piece called "Our Personal Public Art" featuring LCD screen displaying images of chronicling the development of human civilization. In the underground passageway, another piece titled "Fast and Slow" has anodized aluminum panels and light panels controlled by motion sensors.
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...
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station is located in Nangang District, Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
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at the south end of Nangang Business Park (north of Nangang Road, Sec. 1). It is a terminal station on both the Neihu Line
Neihu Line (TRTS)
The Taipei Metro Neihu Line is a medium-capacity rapid transit system and runs on an elevated corridor except near Songshan Airport and Dazhi. The line's service length is and it is joined to the Wenshan Line at Zhongshan Junior High School Station, providing direct service through Neihu, Nangang,...
and the Nangang Line
Nangang Line (TRTS)
The Taipei Metro Nangang Line is a high-capacity, underground rapid transit line on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. It has 12 stations, is -long and runs east-west through downtown starting in Zhongzheng and ending in Nangang, Taipei...
, and serves the Nangang, Neihu, and Xizhi districts.
Station overview
The station is divided into an elevated and underground portion, each serving different lines. The elevated portion of the station serving the medium-capacityMedium-capacity rail transport system
In rail transport, a medium-capacity system is a non-universal term coined to differentiate an intermediate system between light rail and heavy rail. The concept is similar to Light Metro, seen in European countries...
Neihu Line features 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 a platform elevator located on the west side of the concourse level. The station is 125 m (410.1 ft) long and 26 m (85.3 ft) wide, while the elevated platform is 93 m (305.1 ft) long. It is equipped with platform screen doors
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
.
The high-capacity Nangang Line
Nangang Line (TRTS)
The Taipei Metro Nangang Line is a high-capacity, underground rapid transit line on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. It has 12 stations, is -long and runs east-west through downtown starting in Zhongzheng and ending in Nangang, Taipei...
section is a three-level, underground station, and is also equipped with platform screen doors
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
. It has 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 is 128 m (419.9 ft) long and 18.5 m (60.7 ft) meters wide. The station (serving the Nangang Line eastern extension) passes through tunnels belonging to the Taiwan Railway Administration
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...
and Taiwan High Speed Rail
Taiwan High Speed Rail
Taiwan High Speed Rail is a high-speed rail line that runs approximately along the west coast of the Republic of China from the national capital of Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung...
before terminating at this station. The station is expected to serve as a transfer station for around 200,000 commuters per month. Preliminary inspections began on January 9, 2011, and the extension opened on February 27, 2011. The opening of the station is responsible for increasing the system's ridership by over 16,000 passengers per day.
Before the Nangang Line portion of the station was completed, the station already served as a transfer station
Interchange station
An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...
via a free shuttle bus to Nangang Station
Nangang Station
Nangang Station is a major train station located in Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan, parallel to Zhongxiao East Road. The station serves several modes of public transportation, including the bus system, Taiwan Railway Administration, and Taipei Metro...
. The shuttle bus service came to an end with the opening of the Nangang Line platform.
Public art
As one of the stations chosen for public art projects on the Neihu Line, the station design and artwork reflect the development of the adjacent business park. The design theme of the station is "Light and Shadow". The roof of the platform utilizes a large-span truss space and the sides of the platform use ripples to reflect sunlight. Public art consists of three pieces: "Fleeting Light", "Flying Shadow", and "River in the Sky". "Fleeting Light" uses images of flowing water to decorate the entrance columns, "Flying Shadow" is located outside the curtain wall, and "River in the Sky" (above the Neihu Line platform) shows the flickers of flowing water.The Nangang Line concourse features a piece called "Our Personal Public Art" featuring LCD screen displaying images of chronicling the development of human civilization. In the underground passageway, another piece titled "Fast and Slow" has anodized aluminum panels and light panels controlled by motion sensors.
History
The station was initially going to be named Nangang Business Park South, but was later changed to its current name.- June 16, 2003: Construction of the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station begins.
- February 28, 2009: Station construction of the elevated portion is completed.
- July 4, 2009: The station begins operations with the opening of the Neihu Line.
- December 3, 2010: Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-pin made a special inspection visit to the station to assess construction of the Nangang LineNangang Line (TRTS)The Taipei Metro Nangang Line is a high-capacity, underground rapid transit line on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. It has 12 stations, is -long and runs east-west through downtown starting in Zhongzheng and ending in Nangang, Taipei...
extension. Heat, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVACHVACHVAC refers to technology of indoor or automotive environmental comfort. HVAC system design is a major subdiscipline of mechanical engineering, based on the principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer...
) systems had been completed, along with tunneling and trackwork. Stability testing of the electrical and mechanical systems were still ongoing. - January 9, 2011: The station passed preliminary inspections. The second and third phase inspections will occur in the following weeks.
- February 27, 2011: The Nangang Line extension opened for revenue service. Although the extension opened at 2 PM, by 6 PM over 1.1 million people had used the entire system, a 229,000 passenger increase from the same period the previous week.
Station layout
| 3F | Platform 1 | ← Termination Platform (no entry for passengers) |
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 will open on the left |
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| Platform 2 | → toward Taipei Zoo Taipei Zoo Station The Taipei Metro Taipei Zoo Station is a terminus on the Wenshan Line, Maokong Gondola Line, and the planned Circular Line of the Taipei Metro. It is located in the Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.-Station overview:... (Nangang Software Park Nangang Software Park Station The Taipei Metro Nangang Software Park Station is located in the Nangang District in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Neihu Line.-Station overview:... ) → |
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| 2F | Connecting Level | Air Conditioning Facilities and Machinery |
| 1F | Street Level | Entrance/Exit, Lobby, Information Counter Automatic Ticket Dispensing Machines, One-way Faregates, Restrooms |
| B1 | Connecting Level Parking Lot |
Underground parking lot |
| Underground Passage to Exit A and Neihu Line Station | ||
| B2 | Concourse | Entrance/Exit, Lobby, Information Counter, Automatic Ticket Dispensing Machines, One-way Faregates, Restrooms |
| B3 | Platform 1 | towards (Nangang Nangang Station Nangang Station is a major train station located in Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan, parallel to Zhongxiao East Road. The station serves several modes of public transportation, including the bus system, Taiwan Railway Administration, and Taipei Metro... ) → |
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 will open on the right/left |
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| Platform 2 | towards (Nangang Nangang Station Nangang Station is a major train station located in Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan, parallel to Zhongxiao East Road. The station serves several modes of public transportation, including the bus system, Taiwan Railway Administration, and Taipei Metro... ) → |
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Exits
- Exit 1: Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (East side Jingmao Road, Sec. 2)
- Exit 2: Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Intersection of Jingmao Road and Nangang Road)
- Exit 2A: Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Intersection of Jingmao Road and Nangang Road)
- Exit 3: Nangang Road, Sec. 1
- Exit 4: Jingmao Road, Sec. 1
- Exit 5: Research Institute Road, Sec. 1
- Exit 6: Nangang Road, Sec. 1
- Exit 7: Chengzheng Junior High School
Around the station
- Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition HallTaipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition HallTaipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall is a superimposed purpose-built exhibition complex in Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan which consists of two exhibition halls, one over the other...
- Nankang Software ParkNankang Software ParkThe Nankang Software Park or Nangang Software Park 南港软件区 is located in the 87-hectare Nangang Trade and Economic Park.-Location:The Nankang Software Park is located on east side of Taipei City. The park is accessible by three highways, one expressway, two MRT lines, the train, five commuter buses,...
- Taipei Metro Neihu Depot
- Chengzheng Junior High School
- National Civil Service Institute
- Nanxi Park
- Nanzaikou De-an Temple