St Ignatius High School metro station explained

St. Ignatius High School
Native Name:	O52 徐匯中學
Native Name Lang:	zh-TW
Mlanguage:	T: 徐匯中學 S: 徐汇中学 Bpmf: ㄒㄩˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄝˊ P: Xúhuì Zhōngxué Tl: Tshî-hūi Tiong-hak Phfs: Chhì-fi Chûng-ho̍k
Symbol Location:	tw
Symbol:	trts
Address:	B1, No. 3, Zhongshan 1st Rd.
Borough:	Luzhou, New Taipei
Country:	Taiwan
Operator:	Taipei Metro
Connections:	Bus stop
Structure:	Underground
Opened:	3 November 2010
Pass Rank:	63 out of 109
Other Services Header:	Future services
Other Services Collapsible:	yes

The Taipei Metro St. Ignatius High School station is a station on the Zhonghe–Xinlu line located in Luzhou District, New Taipei, Taiwan. The station opened on 3 November 2010. It will be a transfer station with the Circular line in 2029.

Station overview

This three-level, underground station is located at the intersection of Jixian Rd. and Zhongxian 1st Rd.^[1] and opened on 3 November 2010 with the opening of the Luzhou Line.^{[2] [3]}

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is around 32 meters. It is 151 meters in length and 23 meters wide.^[4] It has two entrances, one emergency exit, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts. Exit B is integrated with a joint development building.

For the Circular line station, the platform level has already been set aside (according to the current station layout).^[5]

Station design

The theme for the station is "Reeds Swaying in the Moonlight", as part of a common theme of egrets for the Luzhou Line.

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	width=500	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (South side of station outside fare zone, near exit 1)
B3	Platform 1	← Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Luzhou (O53 Sanmin Senior High School)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2	→ Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Nanshijiao (O51 Sanhe Junior High School) →

Exits

• Exit 1: St. Ignatius High School
• Exit 2: Yongan N. Rd., Sec. 2

Around the station

• Luzhou Post Office
• St. Ignatius High School
• Yongfu Elementary School
• Nicaragua Park
• Bihua Cloth Street

References

25.0805°N 121.4801°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: St. Ignatius High School Station. Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2010-11-06.
2. Web site: Introduction to Luzhou MRT Line. Department of Rapid Transis Systems. 2007-12-01. 2010-06-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129150247/http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/9101511121331.pdf. 2014-11-29.
3. Web site: Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Lines) . Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG . 2010-03-12 . 2010-06-17 .
4. Web site: Introduction to the MRT Luzhou Line. Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2010-11-01. 2010-11-24.
5. Web site: St. Ignatius High School Station Information Map. Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2010-12-31. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101122011033/http://web.trtc.com.tw/img/ALL/INFOPDF/176.pdf. 2010-11-22.