Daan Park Station

Daan Park Station 大安森林公園站
Location
Municipality	Taipei
District(s)	Daan
Address	Xinyi Rd., Sec. 3
Info
Type	Underground
Rail services
Line(s)	■ Xinyi Line (R9)
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit System

The Taipei Metro Daan Park Station is a planned station on the Xinyi Line located beneath Xinyi Rd, Sec. 3 between Xinsheng South Rd. and Jianguo South Rd. in Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan.^[1] It will be located at the northern end of the Daan Forest Park for which it is named after. The station is scheduled to open at the end of 2012.^[2]

Station overview

The station will be a two-level, underground station with an island platform. It will have a naturally-lit hall and sunken garden.^[3] The naturally-lit hall will have two light towers and a light hallway. The sunken garden will connect to the hall and will have a ring-shaped corridor, pond, cascade, and a circular plaza.^[4] The station will also have an underground parking lot.

An earlier draft for the station's design did not include the waterfall and sunken, ring-shaped corridor design,^[5] though it still maintained the sunken plaza within the station lobby.^[6]

Construction

The station will be 226 m (741 ft) long and 22 m (72 ft) wide. Excavation depth will be at 19 m (62 ft). It will have six entrances, three elevators for the disabled, and two vent shafts.^[1] One of the entrances will be integrated into a joint development building. The 34-story building will be incorporated into Exit D and was completed in December 2010.^[7] Due to station construction, old banyan trees originally planted on the sidewalk along Xinyi Road were replanted elsewhere within the park.^[8]

Design

The design theme for the station is "Forest Revolution: the City and Park Conversing".^[9]

Station layout

1F	Street Level	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse Scenic Level	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticketing dispensing machines, one-way faregates (Under construction) Sunlight Hall, Sunken Garden (Under construction)
B2	Platform	Xinyi Line toward Tamsui (Dongmen)
	Island platform Under Construction
	Platform	Xinyi Line toward Elephant Mountain (Daan)

Around the station

• Daan Forest Park
• Taipei Public Library (Head Branch)
• Jianguo Weekend Flower Market
• Ministry of Economic Affairs Water Resources Agency, Taipei Office Area
• Ministry of Economic Affairs Industrial Development Bureau
• Daan National Residences
• Taipei Private Yan Ping High School
• Taipei Municipal Chin Hwa Junior High School

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Dongmen toward Tamsui/ Beitou		Red Line Xinyi Line		Daan toward Elephant Mountain

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "捷運系統信義線簡介". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government. 2007-12-01. http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/9101511104655.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-18. 
2. ^ "Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Lines)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2010-03-12. http://english.dorts.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=205658&ctNode=19582&mp=115002. Retrieved 2010-06-18. 
3. ^ "馬市長視導信義線大安森林公園站下凹庭園工程". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-11-01. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns225/rp225_11.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
4. ^ "大安森林公園站的溫馨願景". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-01-01. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns263/rp263_06.html. Retrieved 2011-07-28. 
5. ^ "From Concept Creation to Innovation: Examples of Planning and Design for the Taipei MRT’s Daan Park Station (R09)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-02. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/tech/techjour/tcj34/no34-5.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-28. 
6. ^ "Daan Park Station on the Xinyi Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2004-04-01. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns194/rp194_01.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-28. 
7. ^ "Joint Development Building at Daan Park MRT Station Completed". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-04-01. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns278/278-03.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-22. 
8. ^ "Old Banyans Moves to a New Location". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-07-28. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns221/rp221_05.htm. 
9. ^ "信義線大安森林公園站下凹式庭園之 整體規劃與設計". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2007-04-01. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns230/rp230_06.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-23.