Songjiang Nanjing metro station

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Songjiang Nanjing (Chinese: 松江南京; pinyin: Sōngjiāng Nánjīng) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. It is a transfer station between the Songshan–Xindian line and Zhonghe–Xinlu line. The station opened on 3 November 2010 for traffic on the Zhonghe–Xinlu line, and Songshan–Xindian line services opened on 15 November 2014.

Chinese松江南京
Hanyu PinyinSōngjiāng Nánjīng
Hanyu PinyinSōngjiāng Nánjīng
Bopomofoㄙㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
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Songjiang Nanjing

G15/O08 松江南京
Entrance
Chinese name
Chinese松江南京
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSōngjiāng Nánjīng
Bopomofoㄙㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳChhiùng-kông Nàm-kîn
Southern Min
Tâi-lôSiông-kang Lâm-kiann
General information
LocationB1F 126 Songjiang Rd
Zhongshan District, Taipei
Taiwan
Coordinates25.0521°N 121.5330°E / 25.0521; 121.5330
System Taipei Metro station
Lines Songshan–Xindian line
Zhonghe–Xinlu line
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Cycle facilitiesAccess available
Other information
Station codeG15, O08
Websiteweb.metro.taipei/e/stationdetail2010.asp?ID=G15+O08-132
History
Opened2010-11-03[1]
Key dates
2014-11-15Songshan–Xindian line added
Passengers
201724.320 million per year[2]Increase 2.15%
Rank(Ranked 10 of 119)
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Nanjing Fuxing
towards Songshan
Songshan–Xindian line Zhongshan
Zhongxiao Xinsheng
towards Nanshijiao
Zhonghe–Xinlu line Xingtian Temple
towards Huilong or Luzhou
Location
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Station overview

This underground station[3] has an island platform for the Zhonghe-Xinlu line and has two side platforms for the Songshan-Xindian line.[4] It is located beneath the intersection of Songjiang Rd. and Nanjing East Rd. (hence the name of the station), and opened in November 2010 with the opening of the Luzhou Line and the Taipei City section of the Xinzhuang Line.[5][6]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station was around 29 meters for the Xinzhuang Line station and 20 meters for the Songshan Line station. The Xinzhuang Line station is 191 meters in length and 32 meters wide, while the Songshan Line station is 202 meters in length and 26 meters wide.[7] It has eight entrances, two accessibility elevators, and four vent shafts.[5] Two of the entrances and a vent shaft are integrated with joint development buildings. One entrance is integrated with the Council for Economic Planning and Development building. The station is equipped with platform screen doors for both lines.

Public Art

The theme for the Songshan Line station is "Metropolitan Images of Daily Life" (都會眾生相).[7] It uses four elements (earth, fire, water, wind) to present surreal situations of the combination of city and nature.

  • Earth: Business in the City Jungle
  • Fire: University in a Flash
  • Water: Office Under the Sea
  • Wind: Coffee Shop Floating in the Clouds

History

On 1 June 2003, construction began. It was opened on 3 November 2010 for the Zhonghe–Xinlu Line followed by the opening of Songshan-Xindian Line on 15 November 2014.[8]

Station layout

Songjiang Nanjing station platform 2
Songjiang Nanjing station platform 4
L1 Street Level Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 1, 2, 6, 7)
B2 Passage Level Escalators, elevators to concourse and platform levels
Side platform, doors open on the right
Platform 3 Songshan–Xindian line toward Songshan (G16 Nanjing Fuxing)
Platform 4 Songshan–Xindian line toward Xindian / Taipower Building (G14 Zhongshan)
Side platform, doors open on the right
Passage Level Escalators, elevators to concourse and platform levels
B4 Platform 1 Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Luzhou / Huilong (O09 Xingtian Temple)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Nanshijiao (O07 Zhongxiao Xinsheng)

Around the station

References

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