Zhongxiao Dunhua metro station explained

Zhongxiao Dunhua
Native Name:	忠孝敦化
Native Name Lang:	zh-tw
Mlanguage:	C: 忠孝敦化 Bpmf: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄣ ㄏㄨㄚˋ P: Zhōngxiào Dūnhuà W: Chung¹-hsiao⁴ Tun¹-hua⁴ Tl: Tiong-hàu Tun-huà Phfs: Chûng-hau Tûn-fa
Symbol Location:	taipei
Symbol:	metro
Type:	Taipei metro station
Address:	182 Sec 4 Zhongxiao E Rd
Borough:	Da'an District, Taipei
Country:	Taiwan
Coordinates:	25.0415°N 121.5508°W
Structure:	Underground
Bicycle:	Access available
Code:	BL16
Opened:	1999-12-24^[1]
Passengers:	27.499 million per year^[2]
Pass Percent:	-2.77
Pass Year:	2017

Zhongxiao Dunhua (formerly transliterated as Chunghsiao Tunhua Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro.^[3]

Station overview

The three-level, underground station with an island platform and eight exits. It is located around the intersection of Zhongxiao East Rd. and Dunhua South Rd (hence the name of the station). It connects through the East Metro Mall to the neighboring Zhongxiao Fuxing station.

History

• 24 December 1999: Begins service with the opening of the Taipei City Hall to Longshan Temple segment.
• 3 May 2009: A 62-year-old woman jumped off platform 2 and was immediately killed. The Taipei City Hall-Zhongxiao Fuxing segment was single-tracked until past midnight.

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1,2	Concourse, East Metro Mall	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates, East Metro Mall Restrooms (Outside fare zone, near exit 2 and 3)
B3	Platform 1	← Bannan line toward Nangang Exhib Center / Kunyang (BL17 Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2	→ Bannan line toward Dingpu / Far Eastern Hospital (BL15 Zhongxiao Fuxing) →

Exits

• Exit 1: No.175, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4
• Exit 2: No.203, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 Escalator^[4]
• Exit 3: No.182, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 (Ming Yao Department Store) Escalator^[5]
• Exit 4: No.166, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 (San Want Hotel)
• Exit 5: No.148, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 Escalator^[6]
• Exit 6: No.219, Dunhua S. Rd. Sec. 1
• Exit 7: No.151, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 Escalator^[7]
• Exit 8: No.209, Dunhua S. Rd. Sec. 1

Around the station

• Dinho Shopping District
• Eslite Bookstore (Dunhua Branch)
• Singapore Trade Office in Taipei
• Sogo (Dunhua Branch)
• MING YAO Department Store - exit 3
• Breeze Center (Zhongxiao Branch)
• The International Commercial Bank of China (between this station and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall station)
• San Want Hotel - exit 4
• Lee Shih-chiao Art Museum
• Fuxing Elementary School
• Renai Junior High School
• Zhongshan Hospital
• Renai Elementary School

Underground Shopping

• East Metro Mall (connects directly to the station, toward Zhongxiao Fuxing)

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.
3. Web site: Route Map: Zhongxiao Dunhua . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100808131626/http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=091 . 8 August 2010 .
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