Houyi metro station explained

Houyi
Native Name:	R12 後驛
Native Name Lang:	zh-TW
Symbol Location:	tw
Symbol:	kmrt
Mlanguage:	T: 後驛車站 S: 后驿车站 P: Hòuyì Chēzhàn Tp: Hòuyì Chējhàn W: Hou^4-i^4 Ch'ê^1-chan^4 Bpmf: ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˋ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ First: t
Borough:	Zuoying, Kaohsiung
Country:	Taiwan
Platforms:	One island platform
Structure:	Underground
Opened:	2008-03-09

Houyi is a station on the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The character 驛 (Chinese:yì, Japanese: えき, eki) means "station" in Japanese; the station name literally means "(Kaohsiung) rear station".

Station overview

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and four exits.^[1] It is 193 metres long and is located at the intersection of Bo-ai 1st Rd. and Chahaer St.^[2]

Around the station

• Kaohsiung Medical University
• Sanmin Park
• Tower of Light

External links

• KRTC Houyi Station

22.6483°N 120.3033°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: 後驛站. 高雄捷運公司. 2010-07-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101217070113/http://krtco.com.tw/en/service/service-1_R12.aspx. 2010-12-17.
2. Web site: 後驛站週邊地圖. 高雄市政府捷運工程局. 2010-07-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100915045731/http://mtbu.kcg.gov.tw/html/engineer/r12.php. 2010-09-15.