Xinbeitou

新北投
Taipei Metro
Xinbeitou station exterior
General information
LocationNo. 700, Daye Rd.
Beitou, Taipei
Taiwan
Coordinates25°08′13″N 121°30′09″E / 25.136956°N 121.502368°E / 25.136956; 121.502368
Operated byTaipei Metro
Line(s) Red Line: Xinbeitou Branch (R22A)
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code  R22A
History
Opened1 April 1916 (as TRA station)
Closed15 July 1988 (as TRA station)
Rebuilt28 March 1997 (as Taipei Metro station)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesHsin Peitou (1997-2003)
Passengers
daily (December 2020)[1]
Rank89 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Terminus Xinbeitou branch line Beitou
Terminus
Xinbeitou metro station
Chinese name
Chinese新北投
Literal meaningNew Beitou
Japanese name
Kanji新北投駅
Kanaしんほくとうえき

The Taipei Metro Xinbeitou station (formerly transliterated as Hsin Peitou Station from 1997 until 2003) is the terminal station on the Xinbeitou branch line located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of the station used to be the terminal station for the now-defunct TRA Xinbeitou Line.

Station overview

Xinbeitou station concourse
Xinbeitou station platform
Former TRA Xinbeitou station building

The two-level, elevated station features an island platform and two exits.[2] The station is known for being the closest to the Beitou hot springs, such as Beitou Hot Spring Museum, Beitou Plum Garden, Ketaglan Culture Center, Beitou Hot Springs, Beitou Park and Sushi Express restaurant.

History

The station originally opened as the terminus for the Shin-hokutō Line as "Shin-Hokutō Station" (Japanese: 新北投驛) on 1 April 1916. It reopened on 1937 after renovation. The station and the tracks form a unique "T" configuration. Later on, on 15 July 1988, the service was ceased with the discontinuation of Tamsui and Hsin Peitou Line.

Station layout

2F Platform 2 ← Xinbeitou branch line toward Beitou (R22 Terminus) (backup platform)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1 ← Xinbeitou branch line toward Beitou (R22 Terminus)
1F (Street Level) Concourse Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms

After termination of TRA services, the original station building was disassembled and moved to Changhua for display at the Taiwan Folk Village. On 1 April 2017, the station building was returned and re-opened at nearby Qixing Park in Beitou.[3]

It was later reopened on 28 March 1997 with the opening of the Xinbeitou branch line.

There was a knife attack injuring 1 police officer on 29 March 2016.[4]

Around the station

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xinbeitou Station.
  1. ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
  2. ^ "捷運新北投站2號出口完工 10/5啟用". 2 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Old Xinbeitou train station reappears in Taipei". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  4. ^ "Taipei Metro knife attack leaves officer injured; suspect caught - the China Post". Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2016-03-29.


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