Touqianzhuang Station

Touqianzhuang 頭前庄 18x18px
File:Touqignzhuang Station Platform 2.jpg Touqianzhuang Station Platform 2
Other names	Taipei Hospital; 臺北醫院
Location	B1, No. 18, Siyuan Rd. Xinzhuang, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 4 (O3)      Circular Line (Y17)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	January 5, 2012

The Taipei Metro Touqianzhuang Station is a station on the Xinzhuang Line and a planned transfer station with the future Circular Line located in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. The station opened for service on January 5, 2012.

Station overview

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Touqianzhuang Station exit 1

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Touqianzhuang Station ticketing area

This three-level, underground station has an island platform. It is located beneath the intersection of Zhongzheng Rd. and Siyuan Rd. It was scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line, but opened earlier for service on January 5, 2012.

It is a planned transfer station with the Circular Line, which will have an elevated platform. It is scheduled to open in 2015.

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is 24.53 to 25.13 m (80.5 to 82.4 ft). It is 170.85 m (560.5 ft) in length and 17.85 m (58.6 ft) wide. The platform is 141 m (463 ft) meters long. It has six entrances, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts. Two of the entrances are connected with an existing pedestrian underpass.

The station is constructed under the existing Siyuan Road pedestrian passage. In addition, the location of the station includes many utility pipelines that could not be relocated. Thus, due to the limited construction area, the station was not constructed using the cut-and-cover method employed in other stations. Instead, construction used the pipe jacking method from sidewalks, outer lanes of roads, and the spaces between Dahan Bridge piers.

Design

The theme for the station is "Thousands of sails: North Taiwan's Xinzhuang port". Entrances are constructed from glass, steel frames, aluminum plates, and metal.

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse Level	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (Outside fare zone near Exit 1)
B2	Platform 1	←   Line 4 toward Huilong (Xinzhuang)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→   Line 4 toward Nanshijiao (Xianse Temple) →

Exits

• Exit 1: No. 18, Siyuan Rd., near Zhongzheng Rd.
• Exit 2: Zhongzheng Rd., near Dahan Bridge
• Exit 3: Zhongzheng Rd.
• Exit 4: Zhongzheng Rd., near Huacheng Rd.

Around the station

• Taipei Hospital
• IKEA, Xinzhuang Branch
• Hetai Auto Co., Xinzhuang Research Center
• Dahan Bridge

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Xinzhuang toward Huilong		Line 4 Xinzhuang		Xianse Temple toward Nanshijiao