Mingde metro station explained

Mingde
Native Name:R18 明德
Native Name Lang:zh-TW
Symbol Location:tw
Symbol:trts
Address:No. 95, Mingde Rd.
Borough:Beitou, Taipei
Country:Taiwan
Operator:Taipei Metro
Line: Tamsui–Xinyi Line (R18)
Connections:Bus stop
Structure:Elevated
Opened:28 March 1997
Pass Rank:64 out of 109
Mlanguage:
C:明德
P:Míngdé
Tp:Míngdé
W:Ming2-tê2
Poj:Bêng-tek
Tl:Bîng-tik
Bpmf:ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄜˊ
Phfs:Mìn-tet

The Taipei Metro Mingde station (formerly transliterated as Mingte Station until 2003, traditional Chinese: 捷運明德站) is located in the Beitou District (北投區) of Taipei, Taiwan. The station is on the Tamsui Line, otherwise known as "the red line" by locals. It is also a minor bus transfer point for connections to Tianmu (天母) and Yangmingshan National Park (陽明山).

Station overview

The two-level, elevated station structure with one island platform and one exit,[1] situated between Donghua Street (東華街) and Xi'an Street (西安街) at the midsection of Mingde Road (明德路).

Originally, it was planned to be called "Tianmu Station," but was changed before the station opened on 28 March 1997.

Station layout

2FPlatform 1Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R19 Shipai)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R17 Zhishan)
Street LevelConcourseExits to several schools, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms

First and Last Train Timing

The first and last train timing at Mingde station [2] is as follows:

References

25.1098°N 121.5188°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Route Map: Mingde. Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2010-06-21. dead. https://archive.today/20120719042913/http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=060. 2012-07-19.
  2. Web site: Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation - Metro Service First & Last Trains. 2019-07-29.