Nanjing East Road Station

This article is about the subway station in Taipei. For the subway station in Shanghai, see East Nanjing Road Station.

Nanjing East Road Station 南京東路站
Nanjing East Road Station
Location
Municipality	Taipei
District(s)	Zhongshan, Songshan
Address	No. 253, Sec. 3, Nanjing E. Rd.
Info
Type	Elevated
History
Opened	March 28, 1996
Rail services
Line(s)	■ Wenshan Line (BR3) ■ Songshan Line (G18)
Daily Ridership	42,451 (Jul. 2011)[1] (Ranked 25th of 89)
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit System
There is a bus stop near this station.

Nanjing East Road Station
Traditional Chinese	南京東路站
Simplified Chinese	南京东路站
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Nánjīng Dōnglù Zhàn - Bopomofo ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄨˋ ㄓㄢˋ

The Taipei Metro Nanjing East Road Station is a station on the Wenshan Line located on the border between Zhongshan and Songshan districts, Taipei, Taiwan.^[2] When the Songshan Line is completed in 2013, the station will be renamed to Nanjing Fuxing Station and become a transfer station connecting the two lines.^[3][4]

Station overview

Nanjing East Road Station at night

The station is located at the intersection of Fuxing North Rd. and Nanjing East Rd. It has two side platforms and a single exit.

Construction

The Songshan Line station will be a three-level, underground station underneath Nanjing East Rd. Excavation depth will be 25 meters, while the station will be 240 meters long and 22 meters wide. Eight additional exits will be added.^[5]

Public art

The Songshan Line station will have a theme of "Reflective Mosaic of Light".^[5] The focus will be on variations of light and shadow, and will turn the station into a miniature art museum with artworks in every corner.

Station layout

4F	Connecting Level	Platforms-connecting Overpass
3F
	Concourse
		Lobby, toilets, one-way ticket machine, information desk
	Side platform, Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← Wenshan Line toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Zhongshan Junior High School)
	Platform 2	→ Wenshan Line toward Taipei Zoo (Zhongxiao Fuxing) →
	Side platform, Doors will open on the right

1F

Street Level

Exit/Entrance, Connecting Level

B2	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates (Under construction)
B3	Platform	Songshan Line toward Songshan
	Island platform, Under construction
	Platform	Songshan Line toward Xindian

Exits

• Single Exit: Intersection of Nanjing E. Rd. and Fuxing N. Rd., adjacent to Qingcheng St. and the Brother Hotel

Around the station

• Brother Hotel
• The Westin Taipei
• Capital/Governor Movie Theater
• Interchange Association, Japan
• China Airlines Headquarters
• Taipei Public Library (Zhonglun Branch)
• Zhongxing High School
• Dunhua Junior High School
• Zhongzheng Elementary School

References

1. ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2011-08-24. http://tcgwww.taipei.gov.tw/site/tcg/public/MMO/dot/m17.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
2. ^ "Route Map: Nanjing East Road". http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=009. 
3. ^ http://www.dorts.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1046579&CtNode=27361&mp=115001
4. ^ http://www.dorts.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=661039&CtNode=20270&mp=115001
5. ^ ^{a b} "捷運系統松山線簡介". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-09-01. http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/0102516231531.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-25. 

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Zhongshan Junior High School toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center		Brown Line Wenshan Line		Zhongxiao Fuxing toward Taipei Zoo

Coordinates: 25°03′07″N 121°32′39″E / 25.0519351°N 121.544044°E / 25.0519351; 121.544044