Guandu metro station

The Taipei Metro Guandu station (formerly transliterated as Kuantu Station until 2003) is located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui Line. In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line.

Guandu R25 關渡
Guandu station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	關渡
Simplified Chinese	关渡
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guāndù Bopomofo ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄨˋ Wade–Giles Kuan^1-tu^4 Tongyong Pinyin Guandù Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Kôan-thu Southern Min Hokkien POJ Koan-tāu Tâi-lô Kan-tāu (干豆)
General information
Location	No. 51, Lane 296, Dadu Road, Sec. 3 Beitou, Taipei Taiwan
Coordinates	25°07′33″N 121°28′02″E / 25.125805°N 121.467338°E / 25.125805; 121.467338
Operated by	Taipei Metro
Line(s)	Tamsui–Xinyi Line (R25)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At-Grade
History
Opened	28 March 1997
Previous names	Kuantu
Passengers
25,956 daily (December 2020)^[1]
Rank	61 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Zhuwei towards Tamsui Tamsui–Xinyi line Zhongyi towards Xiangshan

Station overview

 

A train arriving at Guandu station.

 

Guandu station concourse.

The at-grade, station structure with two side platforms and two exits. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.^[2] The station is situated southwest of Guandu Elementary School, between Zhongyang North Road, Dadu Road and Ligong Street.

History

The station was originally opened on 25 December 1901 with the opening of the Tamsui Railroad Line (as "Kantau Station" (Japanese: 江頭停車場). After the war it was renamed to Kuantu. On 15 July 1988, this service was discontinued and station was closed, and was re-opened on 28 March 1997.

The five millionth EasyCard was sold at Guandu station on 7 February 2005.^[3]

Station layout

2F	Connecting Level	Skyway for Platform Connection
Street Level
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	←   Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Tamsui (R26 Zhuwei)
	Platform 2	→   Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Xiangshan (R24 Zhongyi) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Concourse (to Platform 2)
		Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms, shops

First and Last Train Timing

The first and last train timing at Guandu station ^[4] is as follows:

Destination	First Train		Last Train
	Mon − Fri	Sat − Sun and P.H.	Daily
Tamsui–Xinyi Line
R28 Tamsui	06:04	06:04	01:07
R02 Xiangshan	06:08	06:08	00:08

Around the station

• Guandu Nature Park
• Guandu Temple
• Tittot Glass Art Museum

References

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guandu Station.

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
2. "Route Map: Guandu". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
3. "Over 5 million Easy Cards sold". The China Post. 2005-02-21. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
4. "Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation - Metro Service First & Last Trains". Retrieved 2019-07-29.