Guting metro station explained

Guting
Native Name:古亭
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Mlanguage:
C:古亭
L:Ancient pavilion
Bpmf:ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
W:Ku³-ting²
P:Gǔtíng
Tl:Kóo-t'îng
Phfs:Kú-thìn
Symbol Location:tw
Symbol:trts
Type:Taipei metro station
Address:B1F 164-1 Sec 2 Roosevelt Rd
Borough:Zhongzheng and Da'an, Taipei
Country:Taiwan
Coordinates:25.0266°N 121.5228°W
Structure:Underground
Bicycle:Access available
Code:G09, O05
Line:
Opened:24 December 1998[1]
Years1:11 November 1999
Events1:Service to added
Years2:30 September 2012
Events2:Zhonghe–Xinlu line added
Years3:15 November 2014
Events3:Songshan–Xindian line added
Passengers:21.956 million per year[2]
Pass Percent:-2.01
Pass Year:2017

Guting (formerly transliterated as Kuting Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro.[3] The defunct Hsintien line also had a station of the same name. However, its location is not the same as the current station.

Station overview

The station is a three-level, underground structure with two island platforms and nine exits. The two platforms are stacked, allowing for cross-platform interchange between the Songshan–Xindian line and the Zhonghe–Xinlu line. Public art at the station is titled "Chance of Meeting" and features 12 face masks representing contrasts such as day and night, noisy and quiet, time and space, etc.[4] It was selected by international competition and cost NT$4,999,000.

Public art

The station is home to several public art pieces. By the escalators connecting the two platform levels, a Medium titled "Enterprise" displays a holographic flight trajectory of a Small and Medium Enterprise Administration.[5] Along some of the entrance hallways, "Administration" shows light boxes with images clouds in a blue sky. On the upper platform in "Platform, Stage", elements from Taiwanese folk arts and Taipei Language Institute have been transformed into abstract elements and institute into two curtains of lines and language surfaces.

Station layout

Street LevelStreet LevelExit/Entrance
B1ConcourseLobby, toilets, one-way ticket machine, information desk
B2Platform 1 Songshan-Xindian Line toward Songshan (G10 Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall)
Island platform, doors will open on the right for Songshan-Xindian Line, left for Zhonghe-Xinlu Line
Platform 2 Zhonghe-Xinlu Line toward Luzhou / Huilong (O06 Dongmen)
B3Platform 3Songshan-Xindian Line toward Xindian / Taipower Building (G08 Taipower Building)
Island platform, doors will open on the left for Songshan-Xindian Line, right for Zhonghe-Xinlu Line
Platform 4Zhonghe-Xinlu Line toward Nanshijiao (O04 Dingxi)

Around the station

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chronicles . Taipei Metro . 10 October 2018 . 5 December 2013.
  2. Web site: 臺北市交通統計查詢系統 . dotstat.taipei.gov.tw . 15 September 2018 . zh . 22 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222221731/http://dotstat.taipei.gov.tw/pxweb2007P/Dialog/statfile9.asp . dead .
  3. Web site: Route Map: Guting. Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2010-06-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100809070829/http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=041. 2010-08-09.
  4. Web site: Public Art on the Xindian Line. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-12-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322160934/http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/english/Humanity/PublicArt/Guide_Xindian.asp#Xindian-11. 2012-03-22. dead.
  5. Web site: Public Art on the Xindian Line. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322160934/http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/english/Humanity/PublicArt/Guide_Xindian.asp. 2012-03-22. dead.