Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall metro station
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (Chinese: 中正紀念堂; pinyin: Zhōngzhèng Jìniàntáng), deputy station name Nanmen, is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro.[3] It is a transfer station for Red line and Green line. While the memorial for which the station is named was embroiled in a naming dispute,[4] the name of the station has remained unchanged.
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Chinese name | ||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中正紀念堂 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | B1F 8-1 Sec 1 Roosevelt Rd Zhongzheng District, Taipei Taiwan | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 25.0327°N 121.5183°E | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Access available | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | R08, G10 | |||||||||||||||
Website | web | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1998-12-24[1] | |||||||||||||||
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2000-08-31 | Service to Ximen added | |||||||||||||||
2014-11-15 | Songshan–Xindian line added | |||||||||||||||
Traffic | ||||||||||||||||
Passengers (2017) | 20.976 million per year[2] | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 20 out of 109 | |||||||||||||||
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Station overview
The station is a three-level, underground structure with two island platforms and seven exits.[5] The two platforms are stacked on top of one another, allowing for cross-platform interchange between Red line and Green line. The washrooms are outside the entrance area. The station is situated under Roosevelt Road, between Nanhai Road, Linsen South Road, and Aiguo East Road. It also connects to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and some government agencies located around the area.
From 15 November 2014, the station became a transfer station with the Songshan-Xindian line. It is also a planned terminus for the Wanda-Shulin Line.[6][7]
Public art
The station is home to several public art pieces. By the escalators connecting the two platform levels, a piece titled "Metamorphosis" displays a holographic flight trajectory of a paper plane.[8] Along some of the entrance hallways, "Musical Skies" shows light boxes with images clouds in a blue sky.[8] On the upper platform in "Platform, Stage", elements from Taiwanese folk arts and Chinese opera have been transformed into abstract elements and minimized into two curtains of lines and flat surfaces.[8]
Station layout
L1 | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
B1 | Northern Concourse | Lobby, one-way ticket machine, information desk |
toilets | ||
Southern Concourse | Lobby, one-way ticket machine, information desk | |
toilets | ||
B2 | Platform 1 | ← |
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right | ||
Platform 2 | ← | |
B3 | Platform 3 | → |
Island platform, doors will open on the right, left | ||
Platform 4 | → |
References
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- "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- "臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- "Route Map: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- Caroline Gluck (2007-05-19). "Taiwan to rename Chiang landmark". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- "第二章 土木,建築,水環、軌道". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- "Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Routes)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-03-12. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- "President promotes plans to build Wanda MRT line". Taipei Times. 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- "Public Art on the Xindian Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-06.