Taipower Building metro station explained

Taipower Building
Native Name:台電大樓
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Mlanguage:
Taipower Building
T:台電大樓
S:台电大楼
Bpmf:ㄊㄞˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄡˊ
P:Taídiàn Dàlóu
W:Taitien Talou
Tl:Tâi-tiān Tuā-lâu
Phfs:Thòi-thien Thai-lèu
Symbol:trts
Symbol Location:tw
Address:B1F 63-3 Sec. 3 Roosevelt Rd.
Borough:Zhongzheng and Da'an, Taipei
Country:Taiwan
Operator:Taipei Metro
Connections:Bus stop
Structure:Underground
Code:G08
Pass Rank:71 out of 109 and 5 others

The Taipei Metro Taipower Building station is a station on the Xindian Line located on the border in Taipei, Taiwan.

Station overview

The two-level, underground station has an island platform and five exits.[1] [2] Some trains from Songshan terminate here and reenter service by utilizing the pocket track south of the station.

History

During initial planning in 1980, the station was to be named Sanzong (三總), after the Tri-Service General Hospital which has since relocated to Neihu.

Station layout

Street LevelEntrance/ExitEntrance/Exit
B1Concoursewidth=390Lobby, information counter, automatic ticket-dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms(North side outside fare zone, near exit 2)
B2Platform 1Songshan–Xindian line toward Songshan (G09 Guting)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Songshan–Xindian line toward Xindian (G07 Gongguan)
Songshan–Xindian line termination platform →

Songshan–Xindian line trains terminate here during non-rush hours.

Around the station

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Route Map: Taipower Building. Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2010-06-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100808200656/http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=040. 2010-08-08.
  2. Web site: 第二章 站場規劃. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-05-15.