Beitou Station

Beitou (formerly Peitou) 北投
Beitou Station
Location	No. 1, Guangming Rd. Beitou, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 2 (R22)      Line 2: Xinbeitou Branch (R22A)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	March 28, 1997
Traffic
Passengers	31,978 daily (2011)[1] (Ranked 38th of 89)

Beitou Station
Traditional Chinese	北投站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běitóu-Zhàn Bopomofo ㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Pei^3-t'ou^2-Chan^4 Tongyong Pinyin Běitóu-Jhàn Southern Min Hokkien POJ Pak-tâu-Chām

The Taipei Metro Beitou Station is a station on Red Line (Tamsui 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 and Xinbeitou Line.

Station overview

Beitou Station platform level.

A Xinbeitou Branch Line train approaches on Platform 4.

The station is an elevated structure with one island platform, two side platforms, and one-sided exit.^[2] The washrooms are inside the entrance area.

Just north of the station, there are crossovers between the Tamsui 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

TRA Station

• October 25, 1901: The station opens with the opening of the Tamsui Railway Line as "Beitou Parking Station".
• April 1, 1916: The Xinbeitou Railway Line opens for service.
• July 15, 1988: Service ceases with the discontinuation of service of the TRA Tamsui Line.

Taipei Metro Station

• March 28, 1997: Opened for service with the opening of the segment from Tamsui to Zhongshan.

Station layout

2F	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 4	←   Line 2 toward Xinbeitou (Terminus)
	Platform 3	→   Line 2 toward Daan (Qiyan) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Platform 2	→   Line 2 toward Xiangshan (Qiyan) →
	Platform 1	←   Line 2 toward Tamsui (Fuxinggang)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
Street Level	Concourse	Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms

Exits

• Single Exit: Intersection of Beitou Rd. Sec. 2 and Guangming Rd.

Around the station

• Beitou District Administration Center
• Beitou Market
• Beitou Elementary School
• Shixin High School
• Chinatrust Hotel

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Fuxinggang toward Tamsui		Line 2 Tamsui		Qiyan toward Xiangshan
Terminus		Line 2 Xinbeitou Branch		Xinbeitou toward

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
2. "Route Map: Beitou". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-20.

Coordinates: 25°07′55″N 121°29′55″E / 25.131901°N 121.498597°E