Daan Park metro station explained

Daan Park
Native Name:R06 大安森林公園
Native Name Lang:zh-TW
Mlanguage:
T:大安森林公園
S:大安森林公园
L:Daan Forest Park
W:Ta⁴-an¹ Sen¹-lin² Kung¹-yuan²
P:Dà'ān Sēnlín Gōngyuán
Phfs:Thai-ôn Sêm-lìm Kûng-yèn
Tl:Tāi-an sim-lîm kong-hn̂g
Symbol Location:tw
Symbol:trts
Address:Xinyi Rd., Sec. 3
Borough:Da'an, Taipei
Country:Taiwan
Operator:Taipei Metro
Line: Tamsui–Xinyi Line (R06)
Structure:Underground
Opened:24 November 2013
Passengers:

The Taipei Metro Daan Park station is a metro station on the Red Line located beneath Xinyi Rd, Sec. 3 between Xinsheng South Rd. and Jianguo South Rd. in Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan.[1] It is located at the northern end of the Daan Forest Park for which it is named. The station was opened on 24 November 2013.[2]

Station overview

The two-level, underground station has an island platform, a naturally-lit hall and a sunken garden.[3] The naturally-lit hall has two light towers and a light hallway. The sunken garden connects to the hall and has a ring-shaped corridor, pond, cascade and a circular plaza.[4] The station also has an underground parking lot.

An earlier draft for the station's design did not include the waterfall and sunken, ring-shaped corridor design,[5] though it still maintained the sunken plaza within the station lobby.[6]

Construction

The station is 226m (741feet) long and 22m (72feet) wide and excavated to a depth of 19m (62feet). It has six entrances, three elevators for the disabled and two vent shafts. One of the entrances is integrated into a joint development building. The 34-story building is incorporated into exit D and was completed in December 2010.[7] Due to station construction, old banyan trees originally planted on the sidewalk along Xinyi Road were replanted elsewhere within the park.[8]

Design

The design theme for the station is "Forest Revolution: the City and Park Conversing".[9]

Station layout

Street LevelEntrance/ExitEntrance/Exit
B1Scenic ConcourseLobby, information desk, automatic ticketing dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Sunlight Hall, Sunken Garden
Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 6)
B2Platform 1Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R07 Dongmen)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R05 Daan)

First and Last Train Timing

The first and last train timing at Daan Park station [10] is as follows:

Around the station

References

25.0331°N 121.5353°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 捷運系統信義線簡介 . Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government . 2007-12-01 . 2010-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103220425/http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/9101511104655.pdf . 2013-11-03 . dead .
  2. Web site: Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Lines) . Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG . 2010-03-12 . 2010-06-18 . https://www.webcitation.org/66TsSexpg?url=http://english.dorts.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=205658 . 2012-03-27 . dead .
  3. Web site: 馬市長視導信義線大安森林公園站下凹庭園工程. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-11-01. 2010-06-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20090107013543/http://www.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns225/rp225_11.htm. 2009-01-07. dead.
  4. Web site: 大安森林公園站的溫馨願景. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-01-01. 2011-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110228054307/http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns263/rp263_06.html. 2011-02-28. dead.
  5. Web site: From Concept Creation to Innovation: Examples of Planning and Design for the Taipei MRT’s Daan Park Station (R09). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. February 2006. 2011-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20120804203353/http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/tech/techjour/tcj34/no34-5.pdf. 2012-08-04. dead.
  6. Web site: Daan Park Station on the Xinyi Line. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2004-04-01. 2011-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20120804203552/http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns194/rp194_01.htm. 2012-08-04. dead.
  7. Web site: Joint Development Building at Daan Park MRT Station Completed. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-04-01. 2011-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004820/http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns278/278-03.htm. 2011-07-13. dead.
  8. Web site: Old Banyans Moves to a New Location. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-07-28. 2011-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20120804204853/http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns221/rp221_05.htm. 2012-08-04. dead.
  9. Web site: 信義線大安森林公園站下凹式庭園之 整體規劃與設計. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2007-04-01. 2010-06-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20100917081556/http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns230/rp230_06.htm. 2010-09-17. dead.
  10. Web site: Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation - Metro Service First & Last Trains. 2019-07-29.