Songjiang Nanjing (Chinese: 松江南京; pinyin: Sōngjiāng Nánjīng) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. It is a transfer station between the Songshan–Xindian line and Zhonghe–Xinlu line. The station opened on 3 November 2010 for traffic on the Zhonghe–Xinlu line, and Songshan–Xindian line services opened on 15 November 2014.
Songjiang Nanjing 松江南京 | |||||||||||||||||
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 Taipei Metro station | |||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 松江南京 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | B1F 126 Songjiang Rd Zhongshan District, Taipei Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°03′08″N 121°31′59″E / 25.0521°N 121.5330°E | ||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Songshan–Xindian line Zhonghe–Xinlu line | ||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Access available | ||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | G15, O08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | web | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2010-11-03[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2014-11-15 | Songshan–Xindian line added | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 24.320 million per year[2]  2.15% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | (Ranked 13th of 109) | ||||||||||||||||
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Station overview
editThis underground station[3] has an island platform for the Zhonghe-Xinlu line and has two side platforms for the Songshan-Xindian line.[4] It is located beneath the intersection of Songjiang Rd. and Nanjing East Rd. (hence the name of the station), and opened in November 2010 with the opening of the Luzhou Line and the Taipei City section of the Xinzhuang Line.[5][6]
Construction
editExcavation depth for this station was around 29 meters for the Xinzhuang Line station and 20 meters for the Songshan Line station. The Xinzhuang Line station is 191 meters in length and 32 meters wide, while the Songshan Line station is 202 meters in length and 26 meters wide.[7] It has eight entrances, two accessibility elevators, and four vent shafts.[5] Two of the entrances and a vent shaft are integrated with joint development buildings. One entrance is integrated with the Council for Economic Planning and Development building. The station is equipped with platform screen doors for both lines.
Public Art
editThe theme for the Songshan Line station is "Metropolitan Images of Daily Life" (都會眾生相).[7] It uses four elements (earth, fire, water, wind) to present surreal situations of the combination of city and nature.
- Earth: Business in the City Jungle
- Fire: University in a Flash
- Water: Office Under the Sea
- Wind: Coffee Shop Floating in the Clouds
History
editOn 1 June 2003, construction began. It was opened on 3 November 2010 for the Zhonghe–Xinlu Line followed by the opening of Songshan-Xindian Line on 15 November 2014.[8]
Station layout
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| L1 | Street Level | Entrance/Exit |
| B1 | Concourse | Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates |
| Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 1, 2, 6, 7) | ||
| B2 | Passage Level | Escalators, elevators to concourse and platform levels |
| Side platform, doors open on the right | ||
| Platform 3 | ← Songshan–Xindian line toward Songshan (G16 Nanjing Fuxing)
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| Platform 4 | → Songshan–Xindian line toward Xindian / Taipower Building (G14 Zhongshan) →
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| Side platform, doors open on the right | ||
| Passage Level | Escalators, elevators to concourse and platform levels | |
| B4 | Platform 1 | ← Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Luzhou / Huilong (O09 Xingtian Temple)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Nanshijiao (O07 Zhongxiao Xinsheng) →
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Around the station
editReferences
edit- ^ "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Songjiang Nanjing Station". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ^ "捷運松山線工程特色". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ^ a b "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transis Systems. 2008-03-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- ^ "Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Lines)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- ^ a b "捷運系統松山線簡介" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ^ Gerber, Abraham (9 November 2014). "Residents sneak a peek at new MRT transfer station". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
