Touqianzhuang metro station explained

Touqianzhuang
Native Name:O17/Y18 頭前庄
Native Name Lang:zh-TW
Symbol Location:tw
Symbol:trts
Symbol Location2:new taipei
Mlanguage:
T:頭前庄
S:头前庄
P:Tóuqiánzhuāng
Bpmf:ㄊㄡˊㄑㄧㄢˊㄓㄨㄤ
W:T'ou²-ch'ien²-chuang¹
Tl:Thâu-tsîng-tsng
Phfs:Thèu-chhièn-chông
Other Name:Taipei Hospital;
Address:B1, No. 18, Siyuan Rd.
Borough:Xinzhuang, New Taipei
Country:Taiwan
Operator:Taipei Metro and New Taipei Metro
Connections:Bus stop
Structure:Underground (Zhonghe-Xinlu Line) / Elevated (Circular Line)
Opened:5 January 2012
Pass Rank:98 out of 109

The Taipei Metro and New Taipei Metro Touqianzhuang station is a station on the Zhonghe–Xinlu line located in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[1] The station opened for service on 5 January 2012.[2] The elevated Circular line platforms opened on 31 January 2020.

Station overview

This three-level, underground station has an island platform[3] and two side platforms. It is located beneath the intersection of Zhongzheng Rd. and Siyuan Rd. It was scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line,[4] but opened earlier for service on 5 January 2012.

It is a transfer station with the Circular line, which has 2 elevated platforms. It opened on 31 January 2020.[5]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is 24.53to. It is 170.85m (560.53feet) in length and 17.85m (58.56feet) wide. The platform is 141m (463feet) meters long.[6] It has six entrances, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts. Two of the entrances are connected with an existing pedestrian underpass.

The station is constructed under the existing Siyuan Road pedestrian passage. In addition, the location of the station includes many utility pipelines that could not be relocated. Thus, due to the limited construction area, the station was not constructed using the cut-and-cover method employed in other stations. Instead, construction used the pipe jacking method from sidewalks, outer lanes of roads, and the spaces between Dahan Bridge piers.[7]

Design

The theme for the station is "Thousands of sails: North Taiwan's Xinzhuang port".[8] Entrances are constructed from glass, steel frames, aluminum plates, and metal.

Station layout

4FConnecting LevelPlatforms-connecting Overpass
3FPlatform LevelRestrooms (inside paid area)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1Circular line toward New Taipei Industrial Park (Y19 Xingfu)
Platform 2 Circular line toward Dapinglin (Y17 Xinpu Minsheng)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street LevelConcourseEntrance/Exit, Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates, restrooms (inside paid area)
B1Concoursewidth=390Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Outside fare zone near exit 1)
B3Platform 1Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Huilong (O18 Xinzhuang)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Nanshijiao (O16 Xianse Temple)

Exits

Around the station

References

25.0392°N 121.4606°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Touqianzhuang. Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2012-01-07.
  2. News: MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service. Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. 2012-01-05.
  3. Web site: Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. 2010-06-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060952/http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/9101511114377.pdf. 2013-09-21.
  4. Web site: 北縣/捷運新莊線搶先通 市民「樂」官員「愁」. 黃村杉. NOWnews. 2010-03-18. 2010-06-22.
  5. Web site: 環狀線第一階段簡介. Department of Rapid Transit System. 2009-12-01. 2010-06-23. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230318/http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/011315423491.pdf. 2016-03-03.
  6. Web site: 捷運車站建築設計 後續路網 新莊線-縣轄段各車站透視圖說明. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-08-01.
  7. Web site: Pipe Jacking Method Applied to Underground Pedestrian Passage. Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-07-01. 2011-07-22.
  8. Web site: (O3) Touqianzhuang. Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-19. 2010-08-17.