Beitou metro station
Tamsui–Xinyi Line
Red Line: Xinbeitou Branch
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Fuxinggang towards Tamsui | Tamsui–Xinyi line | Qiyan towards Xiangshan or Daan | ||
Terminus | ||||
Xinbeitou Terminus | Xinbeitou branch line | Terminus |
Beitou metro station | |||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 北投 | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
Japanese name | |||||||||||||||||||
Kanji | 北投駅 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kana | ほくとうえき | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
The Taipei Metro Beitou station (formerly transliterated as Peitou Station until 2003) is a station on the Tamsui–Xinyi line and Xinbeitou branch line), located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of station can be traced back the same name station of the now-defunct TRA Tamsui line.
Station overview
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Xinbeitou_Branch_Line_Train_in_Beitou_Station_4th_Platform.jpg/220px-Xinbeitou_Branch_Line_Train_in_Beitou_Station_4th_Platform.jpg)
The two-level, elevated station structure with one island platform and two side platforms. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.[2] There are several amenities around the station. This include Beitou Presbyterian Church and Beitou Market.
Just north of the station, there are crossovers between the Tamsui–Xinyi line and the Xinbeitou branch line, and between the tracks of each individual line, in both directions. Also to the north, the two Tamsui Line tracks cross over each other not at grade.
South of the station, the four tracks merge into two and cross over each other at a flying junction, and there are crossovers to allow trains from Daan to terminate here.
History
The TRA station at Beitou was opened on 25 October 1901 as "Hokutō Station" (Japanese: 北投停車場), and another railway line, Shin-hokutō Railway Line was opened on 1 April 1916. On 15 July 1988; the service was discontinued in order to make way for the opening of the segment from Tamsui to Zhongshan for Taipei Metro on 28 March 1997.
From 1999 up to 2012, trains from Nanshijiao terminated at Beitou Station while construction work was conducted on the Zhonghe-Xinlu Line. From 2012 to 2013, trains from Taipower Building terminated here while the Tamsui-Xinyi Line was still under construction.
Station layout
2F | Side platform, doors will open on the left | |
Platform 4 | ← ![]() | |
Platform 3 | → ![]() | |
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right | ||
Platform 2 | → ![]() | |
Platform 1 | ← ![]() | |
Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Street Level | Concourse | Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms |
Around the station
First and Last Train Timing
The first and last train timing at Beitou station [3] is as follows:
Destination | First Train | Last Train | |
---|---|---|---|
Mon − Fri | Sat − Sun and P.H. | Daily | |
R28 Tamsui | 06:03 | 06:03 | 01:00 |
R02 Xiangshan | 06:00 | 06:00 | 00:16 |
Red Line: Xinbeitou Branch | |||
R22A Xinbeitou | 06:00 | 06:00 | 00:10 |
References
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
- ^ "Beitou station information map" (PDF). Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ "Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation - Metro Service First & Last Trains". Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- v
- t
- e
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Taipei_Metro_Line_BR.svg/18px-Taipei_Metro_Line_BR.svg.png)
- Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center ■
- Nangang Software Park
- Donghu
- Huzhou
- Dahu Park
- Neihu
- Wende
- Gangqian
- Xihu
- Jiannan Road ■
- Dazhi
- Songshan Airport
- Zhongshan Junior High School
- Nanjing Fuxing ■
- Zhongxiao Fuxing ■
- Daan ■
- Technology Building
- Liuzhangli
- Linguang
- Xinhai
- Wanfang Hospital
- Wanfang Community
- Muzha
- Taipei Zoo ■
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Taipei_Metro_Line_R.svg/18px-Taipei_Metro_Line_R.svg.png)
- Tamsui
- Hongshulin ■
- Zhuwei
- Guandu
- Zhongyi
- Fuxinggang
- Beitou
- Qiyan
- Qilian
- Shipai
- Mingde
- Zhishan
- Shilin ■
- Jiantan
- Yuanshan
- Minquan W. Road ■
- Shuanglian
- Zhongshan ■
- Taipei Main Station ■
- NTU Hospital
- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall ■■
- Dongmen ■
- Daan Park
- Daan ■
- Xinyi Anhe
- Taipei 101/World Trade Center
- Xiangshan (■)
- Guangci–Fengtian Temple
Xinbeitou Branch |
|
---|
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Taipei_Metro_Line_G.svg/18px-Taipei_Metro_Line_G.svg.png)
Xiaobitan Branch |
---|
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Taipei_Metro_Line_O.svg/18px-Taipei_Metro_Line_O.svg.png)
Services to Luzhou | |
---|---|
Services to Huilong |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Taipei_Metro_Line_BL.svg/18px-Taipei_Metro_Line_BL.svg.png)
- Dingpu
- Yongning (■)
- Tucheng ■
- Haishan
- Far Eastern Hospital
- Fuzhong
- Banqiao (■)
- Xinpu (■)
- Jiangzicui
- Longshan Temple
- Ximen ■
- Taipei Main Station ■
- Shandao Temple
- Zhongxiao Xinsheng ■
- Zhongxiao Fuxing ■
- Zhongxiao Dunhua
- Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
- Taipei City Hall
- Yongchun (■)
- Houshanpi
- Kunyang
- Nangang
- Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center ■
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Taipei_Metro_Line_LG.svg/18px-Taipei_Metro_Line_LG.svg.png)
- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall ■■
- Taipei Botanical Garden
- Xiaan
- Kalah
- Yonghe Yongping Elementary School
- Zhonghe ■
- Liancheng Jinhe
- Zhonghe Senior High School
- Tingliao
- Qingshui
- Tucheng ■
- Pitang (■)
- Chenglin Bridge
- Xizhou
- Pengfu
- Beinei
- Shulin
- Tandi
- Taipei Motor Vehicles Office
- Sanjiaopu
- Huilong ■
Juguang Branch |
---|
25°07′55″N 121°29′55″E / 25.131901°N 121.498597°E / 25.131901; 121.498597