Shipai metro station

Shipai

石牌
Taipei metro station
Exterior
Chinese name
Chinese石牌
Literal meaningStone tablet
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShípái
Bopomofoㄕˊ ㄆㄞˊ
Wade–GilesShih²-p'ai²
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳSa̍k-phài
Southern Min
Tâi-lôTsio̍h-pâi-á (石牌仔)
General information
Location200 Sec 1 Shipai Rd
Beitou, Taipei
Taiwan
Coordinates25°06′52″N 121°30′56″E / 25.1144°N 121.5156°E / 25.1144; 121.5156
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesAccess available
Other information
Station codeR19
Websiteweb.metro.taipei/e/stationdetail2010.asp?ID=R19-061
History
Opened1997-03-28[1]
Passengers
201721.101 million per year[2]Decrease 0.07%
Rank(Ranked 18th of 109)
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Qilian
towards Tamsui or Beitou
Tamsui–Xinyi line Mingde
towards Xiangshan or Daan

Shipai (Chinese: 石牌; pinyin: Shípái, formerly transliterated as Shihpai Station until 2003) is a metro station in Shipai, Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct Tamsui railway line.

Station overview

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Shipai station exit 1.
Shipai station platform.

The two-level elevated station features an island platform and has two exits.[3] One exit is located at the intersection of Shipai Rd., Donghua St., and Xian St facing north and the newly built exit is at the other end of the station facing south.

This station connects to Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant, Children's Art Museum in Taipei, National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei American School, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and University of Taipei.

History

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This station was opened as "Kirigan Station" (Japanese: 唭里岸) on 17 August 1915 under the Tamsui Railroad Line, and was renamed "Shihpai" after the war. The old railway entrance was at Ziqiang Street, Lane 141. It was closed on 15 July 1988 and reopened as a metro station on 28 March 1997. The second exit opened for use on 20 November 2010.[4]

Station layout

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2F Platform 1 Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R20 Qilian)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R18 Mingde)
Street Level Concourse Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms

References

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  1. ^ "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ "臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Route Map: Shipai". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  4. ^ "Second Exits at Shipai and Zhishan Stations Opened". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-12-01.