Donghu Station

Donghu Station 東湖站
Donghu Station
Location
Municipality	Taipei
District(s)	Neihu
Address	No. 235, Sec. 3, Kangning Rd.
Info
Type	Elevated
History
Opened	July 4, 2009
Rail services
Line(s)	■ Neihu Line (B9)
Daily Ridership	12,225 (Jul. 2011)[1] (Ranked 71st of 89)
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit System
There is a bus stop near this station.

Donghu Station
Traditional Chinese	東湖站
Simplified Chinese	东湖站
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Dōnghú Zhàn - Bopomofo ㄉㄨㄥ ㄏㄨˊ ㄓㄢˋ

The Taipei Metro Donghu Station is located in the Neihu District in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Neihu Line.

Station overview

Donghu Station platform.

Donghu Station Exit 1.

This elevated station features two side platforms, three exits, and a platform elevator located on the north side of the concourse level.^[2] It is located on on Kangning Road, Sec. 3.

The station is 83 meters long and 21.5 meters wide, while the platform is 93.5 meters long.^[3] Because of the station needed to go over the Wufen Road footbridge, the station height is 20 meters (the equivalent of a six-story building). It has thus been called the "Zenith Station" and is the highest station on the Taipei Metro.

Design

The station design theme is "Music".^[4] Surface designs in the station square represent a dancing musical staff. Silk fabric is printed on enamel slab art walls at the concourse level to represent romantic urban music.^[5]

Located next to the entrance, public art for the station is titled "The Rippling Lake".^[6] Porcelain and celadon are used to create ripples on the art piece.

History

• December 2007: Station structure reaches completion.^[7]
• February 22, 2009: Donghu Station construction is completed.
• July 4, 2009: Begins service with the opening of the Neihu Line.

Station layout

3F
	Side platform, Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← Neihu Line toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Nangang Software Park)
	Platform 2	→ Neihu Line toward Taipei Zoo (Huzhou)→
	Side platform, Doors will open on the right

2F
	Lobby Concourse	Main lobby, information counter, automatic ticket dispensing matchines, one-way faregates, restrooms

1F
	Street Level	Entrance/Exit

Around the station

• Ankang Park
• Nanhu Senior High School
• Minghu Junior High School
• Nanhu Elementary School
• Minghu Elementary School
• Donghu Elementary School
• Taipei Public Library, Donghu Branch
• Donghu Police Station
• Donghu Fire Department
• Halar Cinemas

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Nangang Software Park toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center		Brown Line Neihu Line		Huzhou toward Taipei Zoo

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: Donghu". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2009-06-30. http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=029. Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
3. ^ "Route Map: 東湖站". East District Project Office, Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2009-06-11. http://www.edpo.dorts.gov.tw/content.asp?CuItem=121136. Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
4. ^ "捷運前進內湖系列報導3 大湖公園站至東湖站". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2009-05-01. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns255/rp255_01.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 
5. ^ "東湖站". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/910151444789.jpg. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 
6. ^ "Public Art on the Neihu Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/english/Humanity/PublicArt/Guide_Neihu.asp. Retrieved 2010-12-07. 
7. ^ "工程線上 Status Report: 內湖線東湖站鋼構吊裝". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-02-01. http://www2.dorts.gov.tw/news/newsletter/ns240/rp240_03.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 

Coordinates: 25°04′02″N 121°36′41″E / 25.067262°N 121.611488°E / 25.067262; 121.611488