Jiangzicui metro station explained

Jiangzicui
Native Name:江子翠
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Mlanguage:
C:江子翠
Bpmf:ㄐㄧㄤ ㄗˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
P:Jiāngzǐcuì
W:Chiang¹-tzu³ Ts'ui⁴
Tl:Káng-á-tshuì
Phfs:Kông-chṳ́-chhùi
Symbol Location:tw
Symbol:trts
Type:Taipei metro station
Address:B1F 296 Sec 2 Wenhua Rd
Borough:Banqiao District, New Taipei
Country:Taiwan
Coordinates:25.03°N 121.4724°W
Structure:Underground
Bicycle:Access available
Code:BL09
Opened:2000-08-31[1]
Passengers:17.820 million per year[2]
Pass Percent:0.66
Pass Year:2017

Jiangzicui (formerly transliterated as Chiangtzu Tsui Station until 2003) is a metro station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro.

Station overview

This two-level, underground station has an island platform and six exits.[3] It is located at the intersection of Wenhua Road and Shuangshi Road.

The station is not in the same location as the Japanese era station (Gangzui Station), which was located at the intersection of Xianmin Boulevard and Sanmin Road and has since been demolished.

Originally, this station was supposed to be called Shuangshi Station (雙十站), but this was later changed to its current name in reference to a tributary of the Dahan River which the Banqiao Line passes under.

Station layout

Street LevelEntrance/ExitEntrance/Exit
B1ConcourseLobby, automatic ticket dispensing machine, information desk, one-way faregates
Restrooms (South side, outside fare zone near exits 2 and 3)
B2Platform 1Bannan Line toward Nangang Exhib Center / Kunyang (BL10 Longshan Temple)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Bannan Line toward Dingpu / Far Eastern Hospital (BL08 Xinpu)

Exits

Incidents

See main article: 2014 Taipei Metro attack. On 21 May 2014, at least 25 people were stabbed in mass stabbing spree by a knife-wielding college student on the Taipei Metro Blue Line.[4] The attack occurred on a train near Jiangzicui Station, resulting in 4 deaths and 24 injured.[5] It was the first fatal attack on the metro system since it began operations in 1996. The suspect is 21-year-old university student Cheng Chieh (鄭捷).

Around the station

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: Jiangzicui . Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation . 2010-06-21 .
  4. News: Four killed, 21 wounded in Taipei subway knife attack. 19 May 2014. Taipei News.Net. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006161236/http://www.taipeinews.net/index.php/sid/222206771/scat/0dd057261bcc461b/ht/Four-killed-21-wounded-in-Taipei-subway-knife-attack. 6 October 2014. dead.
  5. News: 3 critically injured in stabbing on Taipei metro (update). Sunrise . Huang. Hung-kuo. Wang. Wesley. Holzer. Central News Agency (Republic of China). 21 May 2014. 21 May 2014.