- Mingde Station
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Mingde Station明德站
Mingde Station platform Location Municipality Taipei District(s) Beitou Address No. 95, Mingde Rd. Info Type Elevated History Opened March 28, 1997 Rail services Line(s) ■ Tamsui Line (R22) Daily Ridership 20,838 (Jul. 2011)[1]
(Ranked 51st of 89)Operator(s) Taipei Rapid Transit System 
There is a bus stop near this station.Mingde Station Chinese 明德站 Transcriptions Mandarin - Bopomofo ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄓㄢˋ The Taipei Metro Mingde Station (traditional Chinese: 捷運明德站) is located in the Beitou District (北投區) of Taipei, Taiwan. The station is on the Tamsui Line, otherwise known as "the red line" by locals. It is also a minor bus transfer point for connections to Tianmu (天母) and Yangmingshan National Park (陽明山).
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Station overview
Mingde Station exterior.
The station is an elevated structure with one island platform and one exit,[2] situated between Donghua Street (東華街) and Xi'an Street (西安街) at the midsection of Mingde Road (明德路).
Originally, it was planned to be called "Tianmu Station," but was changed before the station opened.
History
Station layout
2F Platform 1 ← Tamsui Line toward Tamsui/Beitou (Shipai) Island platform, Doors will open on the left Platform 2 → Tamsui Line toward Xindian/Nanshijiao (Zhishan) → Street Level Lobby Entrance/Exit, information counter, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
RestroomsExits
- Single Exit: Minde Rd., adjacent to Donghua St., Sec. 1 and Xi'an St., Sec. 1
Around the station
- Taipei Northern Hakka Culture Hall
Education
Mingde Station Traditional Chinese 明德站 Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Míngdé-Zhàn - Tongyong Pinyin Míngdé-Jhàn - Wade–Giles Ming2-te2-Chan4 Min - Hokkien POJ Bêng-tek-Chām - Taipei Municipal Zhong-zheng Senior High School[3]
- Mingde Junior High School
- Mingde Elementary School
- Lanya Elementary School
- Wenlin Elementary School[4]
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station ShipaiRed Line Tamsui Linetoward Xindian/ NanshijiaoReferences
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Route Map: Mingde". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=060. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
- ^ "Taipei Municipal Zhong-zheng Senior High School". Zhong-zheng Senior High School. June 4, 2008. http://203.72.62.6/english/.
- ^ "Taipei Municipal Wen-line Elementary School". Wenlin Elementary School. June 14, 2008. http://web.wles.tp.edu.tw/eng/eng00.htm.
Taipei Metro Red Line (Tamsui Line, Xinbeitou Branch Line, Xinyi Line) Tamsui - Hongshulin - Zhuwei - Guandu - Zhongyi - Fuxinggang - Beitou - Qiyan - Qilian - Shipai - Mingde - Zhishan - Shilin - Jiantan - Yuanshan - Minquan West Road - Shuanglian - Zhongshan - Taipei Main Station - NTU Hospital - Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall>> (Xindian Line/ Zhonghe Line) - Dongmen - Daan Park - Daan - Xinyi Anhe - Taipei 101/World Trade Center - Elephant Mountain - Songde - Zhongpo
Xinbeitou Branch Line: Beitou - XinbeitouCoordinates: 25°06′35″N 121°31′08″E / 25.109811°N 121.518778°E
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