Tucheng metro station

The Taipei Metro Tucheng station is a station on the Tucheng Line located in Tucheng District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[2]

For the metro station of the same name in Tianjin, see Tucheng station (Tianjin Metro).
Tucheng

BL03 土城
Tucheng station platform
LocationB1F, No. 105, Sec. 1, Jincheng Rd.
Tucheng, New Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
  • Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)
  • Bannan Line (BL03)
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened31 May 2006
Traffic
Passengersdaily (2016)[1]
RankUndetermined
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Yongning
towards Dingpu
 Bannan line Haishan
towards Nangang Exhib Center
Tucheng metro station
Chinese土城站

Station layout
Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, automatic ticket dispensing machine, information desk, one-way faregates
Restrooms (North side, outside fare zone near exit 3)
B2 Platform 1 ← Bannan Line towards Nangang Exhib Center (BL04 Haishan)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Bannan Line towards Dingpu (BL02 Yongning) →
Tucheng station exit 1.

The two-level, underground station with an island platform configuration and has three exits. The station is located underneath Jincheng Rd. at its intersection with Heping Rd.

It is a planned transfer station with the Wanda-Shulin Line, scheduled to open in 2025.[3]

History
  • 31 May 2006: Opened for service with the opening of the segment from Fuzhong to Yongning.
  • 28 September 2018: Automatic platform gates were installed on Blue Line, as last batch of installation make all stations on Taipei Metro have a form of platform doors.

Public art

Public art for the station consists of a faux archeological piece titled "The Legend of Gold Town". Produced through high-tech means, the piece is displayed similarly to how excavated artifacts are displayed. It depicts historical diversity and the development of the Tucheng area and represent the creativity and local characteristics of Tucheng.[4]

Exits
  • Exit 1: Jincheng Rd. Sec. 1
  • Exit 2: Intersection of Jincheng Rd. Sec. 1 and Heping Rd.
  • Exit 3: Jingcheng Rd. Sec. 1

Around the station
  • Tucheng City Hall
  • Jincheng Park
  • De Lin Institute of Technology
  • Tucheng Elementary School
  • Tucheng Tung Blossom Park
  • Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Ltd. (between this station and Yongning station)
  • Tucheng City Library
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References
  1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  2. "Route Map: Tucheng".
  3. "Third Stage of Taipei MRT (Planned MRT Routes)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  4. "Public Art on the Tucheng Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-09.


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