Kaohsiung International Airport metro station

Kaohsiung International Airport

R4 高雄國際機場
Kaohsiung International Airport station exit 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese高雄國際機場車站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāoxióng Guójì Jīchǎng Chēzhàn
Wade–GilesKaoh1-siung2 Kuo2-chi4 Chi1-ch'ang3 Ch'ê1-chan4
Tongyong PinyinGaosyóng Guójì Jichǎng Chejhàn
General information
LocationSiaogang, Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
PlatformsOne island platform
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened2008-03-09
Passengers
3,070 daily (Jan. 2011)[1]
Services
Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station
Caoya
towards Gangshan
Red line Siaogang
Terminus

Kaohsiung International Airport is a station on the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Station overview

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Kaohsiung International Airport station exit 6.
Kaohsiung International Airport station exit 7.

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and seven exits.[2] It is 195 metres long and is located at the intersection of Jhongshan 4th Rd and Dayeh North Rd.[3]

This station was the first time a subway network had been linked to an airport in Taiwan. In Chinese, this station and Nangang Software Park station on the Taipei Metro share the longest subway station names in Taiwan.

Around the station

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References

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  1. ^ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  2. ^ "高雄國際機場站". 高雄捷運公司. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  3. ^ "高雄國際機場車站週邊地圖". 高雄市政府捷運工程局. Archived from the original on 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2010-07-10.

22°34′15″N 120°20′30″E / 22.57083°N 120.34167°E / 22.57083; 120.34167