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Yuanshan Station

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Connections
  
Bus stop

Opened
  
28 March 1997

Structure type
  
Elevated

Line(s)
  
Line 2 (R14)

Yuanshan Station

Location
  
No. 9-1, Jiuquan St. Zhongshan and Datong, Taipei Taiwan

Operated by
  
Taipei Rapid Transit System

Passengers
  
54,586 daily (2016) (Ranked 22nd of 109)

Address
  
No. 9之1號, Jiuquan Street, Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan 103

Similar
  
Taipei Expo Park, Jiantan Station, Grand Hotel, Minquan West Road Station, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Yuanshan station


The Taipei Metro Yuanshan Station is located between the Zhongshan and Datong districts in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui Line (Red Line). There was a station of the same name on the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line.

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Jiantan to yuanshan station


Station overview

The two-level, elevated station structure with one island platform and two exits. The station is situated on the West of Yumen Street, between Kulun Street and Jiuquan Street. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.

In anticipation of the 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition, this station became the first elevated, high-capacity station in the system with automatic platform gates installed.

TRA Station

  • October 25, 1901: Opened for service along with the Tamsui Railway Line as "Maruyama Station" (Japanese: 圓山停車場).
  • South of the former station was a branch line to the Tatung Steel Factory. Now, it is the site of Tatung Company.
  • July 15, 1988: Closed along with the TRA Tamsui Line.

    • Taipei Metro Station

  • March 28, 1997: Opened for service with the opening of the segment from Tamsui to Zhongshan.

    • Exits

  • Exit 1: Intersection of Jiuquan St. and Yumen St.
  • Exit 2: Adjacent to Kulun St.

    • Around the station

  • Taipei Expo Park
  • Chungshan Soccer Stadium
  • The Grand Hotel
  • Republic of China Military Police Headquarters
  • Taipei Municipal Children's Entertainment Center
  • Taipei Fine Arts Museum
  • Zhongshan Art Park
  • Taipei Tatung Recreation Center (between this station and Minquan West Road Station)
  • Taipei Story House
  • Taipei Confucius Temple
  • Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum
  • Dalongdong Baoan Temple
  • Yuanshan Park
  • Tatung University
  • Minglun Senior High School
  • Minglun Junior High School
  • Dalong Elementary School
  • Keelung River

    • References

    Yuanshan Station Wikipedia
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